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A fact from Echinocereus reichenbachii appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 October 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
"The stems are dark green and often obscured by the spines, which are tan, to brown, black, or pink" - might read better as The stems are dark green and often obscured by the spines, which range from tan, brown, black, or pink or something similar to that?
"There are up to 7 central spines per areole" - seven, keeping in the tradition that low numbers are written out
The source Flora of North America mentions that "Oklahoma populations with unusually long bristlelike spines were named E. baileyi" - this might be worth adding in somewhere if you want to expand the native habitat section (especially where it says "They are also found in Kansas and Oklahoma")
"Plants are considered deer resistant.[4] " - where did this come from? I thought it was a standalone quote, but it's actually two apostrophes. Probably a typo?
"Plants are considered deer resistant" - sounds a bit vague. Is Echinocereus reichenbachii deer resistant?
It would be worth splitting the references into two columns
This is one of those articles I enjoy reviewing as I can take time to look through all of the sources because it's so compact and well written! I had time to check through the sources I could access and found no problems, although I made a suggestion that you could use a little more of the "Flora of North America" source to expand if you want. I also fixed a typo where it looks like Echinocereus reichenbachii was going to be italicised. Everything else I found was so minor that I thought I should just promote this outright, so I did. Well done! JAGUAR 13:45, 15 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for providing this review, Jaguar! I adopted your above suggestions, so thanks for those also. RO(talk) 16:01, 15 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Echinocereus reichenbachii is a perennial plant and shrub in the cactus family. The species is native to the Chihuahuan Desert and parts of northern Mexico and the southern United States, where it grows at elevations up to 1,500 meters (4,900 ft). One of the smaller Echinocereus species, it reaches 7.5 to 30 centimetres (3.0 to 11.8 in) tall and 4 to 10 centimetres (1.6 to 3.9 in) wide. E. reichenbachii is cold and heat tolerant, and prefers dry, well-drained soils near rock outcroppings.Photograph: Rationalobserver
JAGUAR 13:45, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
