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	Teddy-bear Cholla -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Teddy-bear Cholla is an erect plant, standing 1-2 m (3-5 ft) tall with a distinct (Luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage) trunk.
		Like its cousin the (additional info and facts about Jumping Cholla) Jumping Cholla, the stems of this cactus detach easily and the ground around a mature plant is often littered with scattered cholla balls and small plants starting where these balls have rooted.
		When a piece of this cholla sticks to an unsuspecting person, a good method to remove the cactus is with a hair comb.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/te/teddy-bear_cholla.htm (456 words)

	CHOLLA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		There are many cholla species in the warm deserts of North and Central America, and many more which are frost-tolerant and extend as far north as Canada and south to the mountainous regions of South America.
		One characteristic feature of chollas is that the stem segments and branches are not truly cylindrical but have raised areas called tubercles on which the spine-bearing areoles are located.
		The reason is that the spines of most chollas are covered with a papery sheath, which acts to reflect sunlight and prevent the stems from excessive heating.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desertecology/cholla.htm (1007 words)

	Korea - Delayed Development of the Cholla Region: An Institutional Study
		Today, Kwangju, the capital city of South Cholla province, is the fastest growing city in Korea with its population increasing at a rate of 4.5 percent per year.
		That the Cholla region was not developing early on was not a manifestation of the traditional characteristics of a "lagging region", a resource-poor region without any potential for development.
		Cholla’s case was largely due to the policy bias of the national government in Korea’s development.
	wbln0018.worldbank.org /oed/oeddoclib.nsf/14fedf7e58129bcd85256808006a0023/c6ac03fab2f74f93852567f5005d42e1 (3961 words)

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		Treatments consisted of 0%, 15%, and 20% cholla in the diet on a DM basis (treatments 0, 15, and 20, respectively), which were assumed to be similar to amounts that would be consumed by grazing animals.
		Cholla was harvested in September and clippings consisted of green, non-woody segments.
		Cholla was added to the diet at 0%, 15%, and 20% of the DM (treatments 0, 15, and 20, respectively.
	www.asas.org /western/02proc/20101.doc (722 words)

	Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Cholla Cactus Tri River Area
		The chollas (pronounced choy'-ah) are members of the genus Opuntia, a large genus found from Canada to southern Argentina.
		The cane cholla is a tree-like cholla 6-7 feet tall with a short woody trunk, an open growth pattern and large branches.
		The dog chollas are some of the worst pest cacti because of their habit of forming impenetrable thickets.
	www.coopext.colostate.edu /TRA/PLANTS/demogardens/cholla.html (1528 words)

	Chomping on Cholla Could Keep Cows Alive During Drought
		In a recent study, researchers at New Mexico State University found that cholla is highly digestible and a fairly good source of protein and carbohydrates for cattle.
		The researchers found that the burned cholla provides about 11 percent crude protein, which would be enough to maintain cattle during drought conditions.
		Cholla's biggest drawback is its 85-percent water content.
	www.cahe.nmsu.edu /news/1996/102496_cholla_feed.html (456 words)

	Search Results for cholla - Encyclopædia Britannica
		Chollas vary in size, from the small O. pulchella, which is almost never noticed except when...
		It is bounded north by North Cholla province, east by South Kyongsang province, south by Cheju Strait, and west by the Yellow Sea.
		Kunsan is situated 25 miles (40 km) west-northwest of the provincial capital, Chonju, and 7.5 miles (12 km) from the mouth of the Kum River.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=cholla&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (334 words)

	Jumping Cholla - Opuntia bigelovii
		Although the jumping cholla has flowers and forms fruit, the fruit is usually sterile, and the plant relies on the dropped stems to propagate.
		The jumping cholla can be 3 to 7 feet (1 to 2 m) tall and has a single trunk with short branches at the top.
		Jumping chollas grow on the valley floors of the Sonoran Uplands at 100 to 2,000 feet (30 to 600 m), the Mohave Desert, California, and Sonora, Mexico.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /jumping_cholla.htm (373 words)

	Chain Fruit Cholla (DesertUSA)
		Cholla is a term applied to various shrubby cacti with segmented branches.
		The Jumping Cholla is a very spiny cactus, usually a shrub, but sometimes more like a tree, with a number of irregular, jointed branches bearing sharp-barbed spines that are painful and difficult to remove.
		This is the largest of the cholla, attaining a height of up to 15 feet and growing as much as 6 feet wide.
	www.desertusa.com /mag98/may/papr/du_chaincholla.html (378 words)

	Ultimate Hitchhiker
		What makes this cholla so unique is that the stem segments or joints break off with the slightest touch and become firmly attached to various body extremities.
		Thickets of jumping cholla covering entire hillsides or alluvial fans may have developed from fragmented stem segments that became rooted in the desert soil.
		Although jumping cholla produces flowers, the seeds of most populations are typically sterile and reproduction is accomplished without sexual reproduction (technically referred to as apomixis).
	waynesword.palomar.edu /plmay98.htm#painful (2875 words)

	Genus Opuntia (incl. Cylindropuntia, Grusonia, and Corynopuntia)
		Cholla buds contain significant protein, but they are probably more important for their high calcium content and soluble fiber.
		Staghorn cholla is restricted to Pinal, Santa Cruz, and eastern Pima counties in Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, at 2000 to 3000 feet (600-900 m) elevation.
		Besides the variability of flower color, buckhorn cholla is extremely variable in vegetative characters, such as plant height and branching angle, color, number, and size of spines and size and shape of tubercles.
	www.desertmuseum.org /books/opuntia.html (3748 words)

	Cholla
		Yes it is. The Cholla cactus, that's what the cowboys named him.
		Cholla has become a well-mannered, loving companion to Renee.
		Cholla thrives on new challenges, but still loves a good ride.
	www.giddyap.com /champion_cholla.htm (303 words)

	Original Horse Art from Cholla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cholla is a native Nevadan, born in 1986 from a Mustang Stallion and a Quarter Horse Mare.
		Cholla paints with high quality water colors on cold pressed, high end paper, and Gicleés are printed with a 6 color printing process using archival inks on archival water color paper.
		Included with each piece of art purchased, is a 9-minute DVD of Cholla creating his art at his easel and an embossed Certificate of Authenticity.
	www.horseartcollection.com /artist.php?ID=29 (585 words)

	Cholla Cactus (DesertUSA)
		Cholla is a term applied to various shrubby cacti of this genus with cylindrical stems composed of segmented joints.
		Cholla cactus are found in all of the hot deserts of the American Southwest, with different species having adapted to different locale and elevation ranges.
		Chollas may appear as ground creepers, shrubs or trees, varying in height from less than a foot (Club or Devil Cholla) to as much as 15 feet (Chain-Fruit Cholla).
	www.desertusa.com /mag99/may/papr/chollas.html (1054 words)

	Chain Fruit Cholla - Opuntia fulgida
		The chain fruit cholla is a shrubby cactus.
		The ground around a cholla is usually covered with segments that have fallen off the parent.
		The fruit is not always fertile and the cholla relies mainly on fallen stem joints and fruit to take root and grow new plants.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /chainfruit_cholla.htm (396 words)

	Artist Is a Horse - Authentic Horse Art By Cholla
		Included with each piece of art purchased, is a 9-minute DVD of Cholla creating his unique style of art at his easel.
		Each piece of Cholla Art is embossed with his profile image and includes an embossed certificate of authenticity.
		Cholla will be represented with his original watercolors and giclee’ prints, as well as a video demonstrating his painting techniques.
	www.artistisahorse.com (430 words)

	Catalina rallies for win over Cholla \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Cholla scored on its opening possession on a 1-yard run by Kevin Dees, who led all rushers with 78 yards on 20 carries.
		Cholla regained momentum early in the third when Gonzales executed a play-action fake to Dees and found tight end Brandon Sena alone for a 17-yard catch and a 21-14 lead with 5:25 to go in the third.
		Then, after a 12-yard punt by Cholla, FranCoeur slipped away from a pair of tackles near the line of scrimmage for a game-tying 44-yard TD run with 8:26 left.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/printSN/40379.php (596 words)

	SDNHM - Cylindropuntia sanfelipensis (Cholla) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The flower petals are yellow to bronze in color and age to red-magenta, with the flowers appearing from March to May. The fruits are gray-green to tan, barrel shaped with dense spines, and dry at maturity.
		This cholla inhabits sandy or rocky desert flats from 200 to 1000 m (600 to 3300 feet) in elevation.
		This cactus is endemic to the state of Baja California, and is found only in the San Felipe Desert area along the eastern base of the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir.
	www.oceanoasis.org /fieldguide/opun-san.html (256 words)

	Cholla High Magnet School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cholla High Magnet School's Law and International Studies Magnet Programs are devoted to increasing student achievement and to decreasing desegregation through offering career-oriented experiences in law and international studies courses.
		Cholla is situated on Tucson's SW side, and it is rich in the cultural heritage of our city.
		Cholla already had a law-related focus in some classrooms and a strong multicultural component in literature and social studies.
	www.volunteersolutions.org /vctucson/org/223586.html (480 words)

	Cholla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sometimes called "Jumping Cholla"or "Teddy Bear Cholla" the plants are both beautiful and treacherous at the same time.
		This cholla plan looks innocent enough, but watch out for the small nodules at the ends of the branches.
		Judy and Cliff are treacherously leaning over a cholla to examine the ocotillo blossoms.
	www.wbcci12.org /desert2001/cholla.html (166 words)

	SDNHM - Grusonia invicta (Club Cholla, Casa Rata) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The spines are thick and strongly flattened, 1- 5 cm (1/2 to 2 inches) long, and are at first bright red at the base, turning grayish-white and finally fl.
		Club Cholla grows in silty, sandy, or gravelly soil near the coast from the Vizcaíno Desert Region to just north of the Cape Region.
		The Club Cholla is a mat forming cactus and is also know as "Horse Crippler" and "Rat House." The name rat house has been given because it provides protection to various rodents who build their burrows under this plant.
	www.oceanoasis.org /fieldguide/opun-inv.html (159 words)

	Extraplicity - Notes on Cholla
		corn, 1/2 c cholla buds, 1/2 c saguaro seeds, ground on a metate and mixed.
		To clean cholla buds, fill a saucepan 1/3 full of clean gravel, add the buds, and pour the gravel and buds from one saucepan to the other to get rid of spines and glochids.
		Seri: Coteexet "cholla exet", Sea icos cooxp "white spined teddybear cholla", Sea cotopl "clinging teddybear cholla".
	www.extraplicity.com /galleries/cholla.html (1603 words)

	CHOLLA: CLUB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Club chollas typically are very spiny, mat-forming species that stay close to the ground.
		As a group, the club chollas have no sheaths on their spines.
		Flower, showing the arrangement of floral parts typical of the family Cactaceae - a large number of stamens with pollen-bearing anthers (yellow) at their tips surround the cluster of central stigmas (green) which are fused at the base to form the style.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desertecology/clubcho.htm (99 words)

	The Development of Korea's Cholla Region
		The projects were very complex, together covering seven cities and five islands in two provinces, South Cholla and North Cholla, with a total of 22 components.
		South Cholla and North Cholla ranked 8th and 11th, respectively, among the country’s 15 regions in per capita gross regional product.
		South Cholla and Kyonggi, where Seoul is located, were the only regions that gained output shares during that period.
	wbln0018.worldbank.org /oed/oeddoclib.nsf/4e0750259652bf5885256808006a000d/cad767de0e647642852567f5005d8f38?OpenDocument (2384 words)

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		Cholla explains that it "thought [it] had already contested them when [it] contested 19 other violations." Id. We have held that, in appropriate circumstances, we possess jurisdiction to reopen uncontested assessments that have become final under section 105(a).
		On the basis of the present record, however, we are unable to evaluate the merits of Cholla's position.
		In the interest of justice, we remand the matter for assignment to a judge to determine whether Cholla has met the criteria for relief under Rule 60(b).
	www.fmshrc.gov /decisions/commission/ws2002276.txt (690 words)

	Hi-Desert Star - Yucca Valley, CA: Features
		The nickname is deceptive because each spine has a microscopic barb on the tip and if the cholla is accidentally brushed up against, the spines will drive deep into the skin, causing it to break at the joint and stay in the skin.
		The cholla's second nickname, "jumping cholla," comes from the cactus' seeming ability to jump at someone passing by, but that is only a painful illusion.
		Cacti other than the cholla can be found in the cholla cactus garden, including the calico cactus, which is a colorful hedgehog cactus.
	www.hidesertstar.com /articles/2004/07/17/features/feature1.txt (604 words)

	Emigre Fonts: Cholla
		The Cholla typeface family was designed by Sibylle Hagmann in 1998-99 and named after a species of cactus she encountered in the Mojave Desert.
		Cholla was originally developed for the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
		I also saw - at least in the beginnings of Cholla - forms that connoted hybrid, of inter-connection, of human and machine growing together.
	www.emigre.com /EF.php?fid=84 (330 words)

	Cholla's Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A new name given, CHOLLA, for those sharp puppy teeth and because he was a bouncing puppy (aka “Jumping Cholla”) Cholla cactus, a native plant to his new home, the Santa Monica Mountains.
		Cholla, who was never going to sleep on the bed, worked his magic on Bonnie quickly.
		Cholla had jumped over our wall into the neighbors yard where he had trapped a mommy opossum with babies on her back.
	muirmaid.home.sprynet.com /Cholla.htm (1827 words)

	Cholla Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cholla Apartments provide studio, single occupancy; one bedroom, double occupancy; and two bedroom, quadruple occupancy accommodations.
		For 2004-2005, Cholla will be an all freshman community offering the Freshman Year Experience program.
		As with all freshman communities, Cholla will be closed during winter break for scheduled maintenance.
	www.asu.edu /reslife/cholla.htm (156 words)

	Chain Fruit Cholla
		Chain Fruit Cholla are pollinated by bees, however, they more commonly reproduce when fruit segments drop to the ground and form roots, starting a new plant.
		Because of this short dispersal distance, the cholla often form dense colonies of clonal plants.
		Chain Fruit Cholla provide shelter for several animals including pack rats, which often dig a nest at the base of the plant, then cover the entrance with cholla segments for protection, and the cactus wren, which prefer to build their nests among the stems of the cholla.
	www.toddshikingguide.com /FloraFauna/Flora21.htm (253 words)

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