Spotlight on RARE Plants: Coast Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus viridescens)- 7/22/26- San Diego, Ca.

Filmed near Lake Miramar- Scripps Ranch- San Diego, California. Coast Barrel Cactus is a rare, local endemic succulent perennial in the Cactus Family (Cactaceae) found along the San Diego County coast and Baja California Coast only from coast to westernmost valleys/foothills below 2000' elevation. With habitat fragmentation (coastal sage scrub and southern maritime chaparral), and illegal poaching, this plant needs our help in protecting it from further loss!