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Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
plains pricklypear
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Images:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
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Distribution:
Opuntia polyacantha 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, ID, KS, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK) |
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Related Taxa:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
View
51 genera in Cactaceae,
59 species in Opuntia
or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
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Native
Introduced
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Classification:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS
Classification Report.
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Threatened and Endangered Information:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
The related entities 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.
Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant
list for that location.
| Arizona: |
| Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea
[=OPPOE] |
| Mohave prickly-pear |
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Salvage restricted |
| Opuntia erinacea var. hystricina
[=OPPOH] |
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Salvage restricted |
| Opuntia erinacea var. ursina
[=OPPOP] |
| grizzly bear prickly-pear |
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Salvage restricted |
| Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis
[=OPPOP] |
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Salvage restricted |
| Opuntia nicholii
[=OPPON] |
| Navajo Bridge prickly pear |
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Salvage restricted |
| Opuntia polyacantha var. juniperina
[=OPPOP] |
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Salvage restricted |
| Opuntia polyacantha var. rufispina
[=OPPOP] |
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Salvage restricted |
| Opuntia polyacantha var. trichophora
[=OPPOP] |
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Salvage restricted |
| Nevada: |
| Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha |
| plains prickly pear |
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Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree |
| Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea
[=OPPOE] |
| grizzly bear cactus, Mojave prickly pear, old man cactus |
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Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree |
| Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis
[=OPPOP] |
| Utah prickly pear |
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Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree |
| Opuntia polyacantha var. rufispina
[=OPPOP] |
| southwestern plains prickly pear |
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Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree |
| New Mexico: |
| Opuntia arenaria
[=OPPOA] |
| sand prickly-pear |
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Endangered |
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U.S. Weed Information:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
plains 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.
| NE&GP |
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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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Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.
1996.
Weeds of the West.
Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming.
Laramie, Wyoming.
630pp.
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More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
View photographs from CalPhotos.
View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).
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 19726.
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 polyacantha 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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