In this episode we return to Hidalgo State Mexico to film a very unique habitat where tall columnar cacti (Cephalocereus senilis) grow next to weeping pinion pines. The geology here is also unusual, where a much younger lava flow cooled into columns on top of much older calcareous shale.

species mentioned in this video include but are not limited to :

Machaonia coulteri (Rubiaceae) Turnera diffusa (Passifloraceae) Hibiscus coulteri (Malvaceae) Decatropis bicolor (Rutaceae) Lantana canescens Salvia podadena Croton incanus Painteria elachistophylla Cyphomeris gypsophyloides Leucophyllum ambiguum Lantana camara Echinofossulocactus dichroacanthus Cephalocereus senilis Pinus pinceana Dasylirion quadrangulatum Pinus cembroides Sedum corynephyllum Kalanchoe x houghtonii Dodonaea viscosa Dahlia scapigeroides Syringantha coulteri Vauquelinia corymbosa

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