It also seeks out cactus fruit for consumption.

Typical dishes include pozole, tamales, milk candies and cajeta (dulce de leche) and fruits such as cactus fruit, oranges and figs preserved in sugar.

Plant species still commonly used include mesquite beans, nopal and other cactus, and various cactus fruit such as tunas (cactus pears) and xoconostle.

Its flowers are yellow to red-orange and appear atop the cactus fruit during the summer months.

Traditional foods included acorns, cactus fruit, seeds, berries, deer, quail, rabbits, and other small game.