Stenocereus gummosus
Stenocereus gummosus is a flowering plant in the family Cactaceae that is found in Baja California, Mexico at elevations of 9 to 134 meters[2] Stenocereus gummosus is a shrub-like plant with sparsely branched trunks reaching a height of up to 3 meters, longer trunks bend due to their weight.[3] Stenocereus gummosus is widespread in the Baja California peninsula but absent at higher elevations and in the arid Northeast in coastal and scrublands in valleys and slopes.Other deposits can be found on offshore islands and in the coastal area of the Sonoran Desert in 0 and 850 meters.[4] Plants are found growing along with Bursera microphylla, Neltuma articulata, Larrea divaricata, Fouquieria diguetii, Lophocereus marginatus, Myrtillocactus cochal, Olneya tesota,Stenocereus thurberi, and Pachycereus pringlei.[5] Seeds are dispersed by birds and lizards such as Melanerpes uropygialis, Dipsosaurus dorsalis and Ctenosaura hemilopha.