Wildlife
Missouri foxtail cactus
Escobaria missouriensis
Habitat
Near Three Forks, MT
Conservation
Secure
Lewis called this a globular prickly pear, then provided sufficient description to identify a different and new species.
Journal References
2 journal entries mention Missouri foxtail cactus
Jun
22
1805
Gass Describes the Great Falls Portage
...the terrain — rocky, hilly, and covered with prickly pear cactus — made every step miserable. Hailstorms battered them, grizzly bears menaced them, and the heat w...
Jul
15
1805
Seaman Suffers from Prickly Pear During the Great Falls Portage
...suffered alongside the men from the relentless prickly pear cactus that covered the ground. The cactus needles pierced through the men's moccasins and drove deep into...
