Given the question: Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Cylindropuntia bigelovii -  The teddy-bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) is a cholla cactus native to California Arizona and Nevada (USA) and northwestern Mexico.
The answer is:
Plant