Well known cat's-claw and cactus clumps had disappeared.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forbidden Trail] Reference

It is about thi'ee miles wide by five long, and is covered with a thorny thicket in which the "cat's-claw" or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

Rhoda yawned, rose sleepily, looked under her blanket and shook her, head irritably, then dragged her blankets toward the neighboring cat's-claw.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert] Reference

He must have an angelic disposition who can walk a mile through bushes covered with the "cat's-claw" or "wait-a-bit" vine and emerge in a serene frame of mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

But after a few steps she found running impossible, for the slope was a wilderness of rock, thickly grown with cholla and yucca with here and there a thicker growth of cat's-claw.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert] Reference