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Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.
tiger-pear

       
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Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.

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Related Taxa:
Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 59 species in Opuntia
 

Classification:
Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.

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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 Opuntia Mill. – pricklypear
Species Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl. – tiger-pear
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.

This plant 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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

United States:
jointed prickly pear              Noxious weed
Alabama:
jointed prickly pear              Class A noxious weed
California:
jointed prickly pear              Quarantine
Florida:
jointed prickly pear              Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
jointed prickly pear              Prohibited
Minnesota:
jointed prickly pear              Prohibited noxious weed
North Carolina:
jointed prickly pear              Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
jointed prickly pear              Quarantine
South Carolina:
jointed prickly pear              Plant pest
Vermont:
jointed prickly pear              Class A noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.

jointed prickly pear

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.

US        Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 566004.

 

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Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.

U.S. Federal Noxious Weed List

 
 
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