Top native brown-spined pricklypear complex

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

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2 native plants

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 1

Water use

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 1 Loam 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Deer resistant

Resists

Dry soil 1 Heat 1 Poor soil 1

Form

Habit

Creeping 1 Dense 1 Mounding 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Perennial 2 Shrub 2 Succulent 1

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