Was wondering if you got to check out the cacti that grow up here in the mountains an hills in Montana. We have a cacti that grows across the ground up here. It survives the harsh winters up here and I was curious why it lives but other cacti die. They freeze then when they thaw out they turn to mush but the Montana cacti that grows higher and colder on the mountains live?
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Was wondering if you got to check out the cacti that grow up here in the mountains an hills in Montana. We have a cacti that grows across the ground up here. It survives the harsh winters up here and I was curious why it lives but other cacti die. They freeze then when they thaw out they turn to mush but the Montana cacti that grows higher and colder on the mountains live?