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  8. Dark-spined Pricklypear

species 201 observations

Dark-spined Pricklypear

Opuntia atrispina

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Opuntia atrispina is a cactus species in the genus Opuntia.

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Supports All

35 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Opuntia Leaf Miner, Julia's Dicymolomia Moth, Scale-feeding Snout, Staghorn Cholla Moth 7
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Curve-billed Thrasher, Cactus Coreid Bug, Northern Mockingbird, Wild Turkey 9
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors American Bumble Bee, Sonoran Bumble Bee, Kern's Flower Scarab, Tripartite Sweat Bee 19

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

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