PLANTS Profile for Cylindropuntia ramosissima (branched pencil cholla)

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Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth
branched pencil cholla

Symbol:

CYRA9

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth

Opuntia ramosissima

©Gary A. Monroe. No. United States, NV, Clark Co., Blue Diamond Area. June 4, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth

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Synonyms:
Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth

OPRA

Opuntia ramosissima Engelm.

branched pencil cholla

Distribution:
Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, NV)

Related Taxa:
Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 29 species in Cylindropuntia

Classification:
Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) Kreuzinger
Species	Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth – branched pencil cholla

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Opuntia ramosissima
diamond cholla		Salvage restricted
Nevada:
Opuntia ramosissima
diamond cholla, pencil cactus		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

More Accounts and Images:
Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 05:18 AM MDT