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Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
brittle pricklypear
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Images:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
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Synonyms:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
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CAFR13 |
Cactus fragilis Nutt. |
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OPBR4 |
Opuntia brachyarthra Engelm. & Bigelow |
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OPFRB2 |
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. ssp. brachyarthra (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.A.C. Weber |
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OPFRB |
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. var. brachyarthra (Engelm. & Bigelow) J.M. Coult. |
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brittle pricklypear
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OPFRD2 |
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. var. denudata Wiegand & Backeb. |
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OPFRF |
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. var. fragilis |
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brittle pricklypear
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Distribution:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK) |
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Related Taxa:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
View
51 genera in Cactaceae,
59 species in Opuntia
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Classification:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
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Classification Report.
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Threatened and Endangered Information:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.
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list for that location.
| Arizona: |
| Opuntia fragilis var. brachyarthra |
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Salvage restricted |
| Opuntia fragilis var. fragilis |
| little prickly pear |
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Salvage restricted |
| Illinois: |
| fragile prickly pear |
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Endangered |
| Iowa: |
| little pricklypear |
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Threatened |
| Michigan: |
| fragile prickly-pear |
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Endangered |
| Nevada: |
| brittle prickly pear, little prickly pear |
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Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree |
| Wisconsin: |
| brittle prickly-pear |
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Threatened |
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U.S. Weed Information:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
brittle cactus
brittle pricklypear
fragile cactus
jumping cactus
little pricklypear
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant
may be known by one or more common names in different
places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym
to view each weed list, or click here for a
composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
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Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick.
1994.
Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains.
Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry.
Lincoln, Nebraska.
589pp.
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More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
View photographs from CalPhotos.
View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19707.
View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).
View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).
View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).
View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.
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Related Web Sites:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
FL-South American Cactus Moth (UofFL)
Global Invasive Species Database
Jamaica-Introduction to the Cactus Moth
MS-Early Detection and Reporting of Cactus Moth
TX-Tracking the Cactus Moth
USDA ARS-South American Cactus Moth Control
www.pestalert.org
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