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In this issue
- Editorial
Peter Breslin - Poaching vs. “legal” wild collection and how to spot habitat-dug Agave utahensis
Dan Zarrella - Cacti on fire: lessons on survival and germination from central Argentina
Naya L. Aliscioni, Marina A. Lorenzati, Natalia E. Delbón, Daihana Argibay, Denise Simian, Manuel Fernández, Lucio Finello, Pedro Jaureguiberry, and Diego E. Gurvich - Seattle’s cactus house embraces Washington native cacti
Ron Bockelman - A new distribution record of Australluma peschii from southern Angola
Cornell Beukes - Poking around Europe’s botanical treasures
Roxie Esterle and Rod Haenni - Mammillaria heyderi near the Organ Mountains outside Las Cruces, NM
Root Gorelick - Application of symbiotic soil microorganisms to accelerate cultivation of vulnerable North American cactus species
Oleg Dubnin - Two new species of Thompsonella (Crassulaceae) from Michoacán, Mexico
Julia Etter, Martin Kristen, J. Antonio Vázquez-García, and C. Santiago Rosales-Martínez - Ferocactus glaucescens (DC), Britton & Rose: new records for Nuevo, León Mexico
Rodrigo H. González - A trip to the Alps in search of sempervivums
Marco Cristini - 88 Book Review: The Cactus Flora of Utah A. Dean Stock, Blake Wellard, Kipp Lee, Patricia Spallone and Zach Coury
Rod Haenni
About the Cover
The cover of Cactus and Succulent Journal 98-1 features an image from the newly published The Cactus Flora of Utah, the first comprehensive treatment of Utah’s native cactus flora. Authored by A. Dean Stock, Blake Wellard, Kipp Lee, Patricia Spallone, and Zach Coury, this landmark volume documents all 44 taxa found in the state, with detailed descriptions, distribution maps, and more than 350 habitat photographs.
A full review of the book appears in this issue, and the Cactus and Succulent Society of America also offers the book for purchase through our website.
Cactus and Succulent Journal
87-1 Spring 2026
Photo by Roxie Esterle
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coveted beauty and the the threats
it faces in Dan Zarrella’s article on
Agave utahensis.
Photo by Dan Zarrella
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