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  8. Brown-spined Pricklypear Complex

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Brown-spined Pricklypear Complex

Opuntia phaeacantha

Includes
2 native 1 introduced 6 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Brown-spined Pricklypear native
  • Tulip Pricklypear native
  • Twist-spined Pricklypear present
  • Sweet Pricklypear present
  • Bigroot Pricky Pear
  • Spiny Fruit Prickly Pear present
  • Mojave Cactus
  • Toumey Pricklypear
  • Blake Prickly Pear

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native brown-spined pricklypear complex All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Brown-spined Pricklypear Opuntia phaeacantha caterpillars 8 bees 7 hosts 2 food 13 flowers 49 shelter 1
  • Tulip Pricklypear Opuntia camanchica caterpillars 8 bees 2 hosts 1 food 10 flowers 30

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