Top native eastern pricklypear complex
11 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Prairie Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
caterpillars
9
bees
4
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
41
shelter
1
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Low Pricklypear
Opuntia humifusa
caterpillars
8
bees
4
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
42
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Opuntia fuscoatra
caterpillars
6
bees
1
food
9
flowers
18
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Eastern Pricklypear
Opuntia cespitosa
caterpillars
5
bees
2
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
25
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Southeastern Pricklypear
Opuntia mesacantha
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
15
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Florida Pricklypear
Opuntia austrina
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
19
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Creeping Cactus
Opuntia drummondii
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
14
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Florida Beach Pricklypear
Opuntia ammophila
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
11
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Big Pine Key Pricklypear
Opuntia abjecta
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Dillen's Prickly Pear
Opuntia zebrina
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Cuban Pricklypear
Opuntia ochrocentra