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Your search found 8 taxa in the family Cactaceae, Prickly Pear family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Eastern Prickly-pear
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Opuntia mesacantha ssp. mesacantha FAMILY: Cactaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Opuntia humifusa FAMILY: Cactaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Opuntia compressa 132-01-001 FAMILY: Cactaceae
Habitat: Granite outcrops, coastal dunes and scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, pine forests in sandy soils, Gulf Coast barrier Islands (AL, FL panhandle, MS), riverine sands
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Southern Prickly-pear
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Opuntia mesacantha ssp. lata FAMILY: Cactaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Opuntia humifusa FAMILY: Cactaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Opuntia compressa 132-01-001? FAMILY: Cactaceae
Habitat: Coastal dunes and scrub, sandhills, borders of pine flatwoods, scrub, coastal islands (FL, GA, SC), riverine sands
Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Eastern Prickly-pear
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Opuntia cespitosa FAMILY: Cactaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Opuntia humifusa FAMILY: Cactaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Opuntia compressa 132-01-001? FAMILY: Cactaceae
Habitat: Limestone and chalk outcrops, dolomite outcrops, glades, sandy or blackland prairies, upland hardwood or mixed hardwood-pine forests in dry, clay soils
Rare in GA Mountains
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Eastern Prickly-pear
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Opuntia humifusa FAMILY: Cactaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Opuntia humifusa FAMILY: Cactaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Opuntia compressa 132-01-001? FAMILY: Cactaceae
Habitat: Slate outcrops, sandy soils, upland hardwood forests or mixed pine-hardwood forests in dry, clay or silty soils
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Dune Prickly-pear, Dune Devil-joint, Devils-joint Cactus, Little Prickly-pear
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Opuntia drummondii FAMILY: Cactaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Opuntia pusilla FAMILY: Cactaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Opuntia drummondii 132-01-002 FAMILY: Cactaceae
Habitat: Dunes on barrier islands, less commonly inland on river-associated sands and on granite outcrops
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: South American Prickly-pear, Common Prickly-pear, Drooping Prickly-pear
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Opuntia monacantha FAMILY: Cactaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Opuntia monacantha FAMILY: Cactaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Opuntia vulgaris 132-01-003 FAMILY: Cactaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, sometimes persistent or escaping from horticultural use
Waif(s)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Coastal Prickly-pear, Shell Midden Prickly-pear, Yaaxpakan, Erect Prickly-pear
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Opuntia stricta var. dillenii FAMILY: Cactaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Opuntia stricta FAMILY: Cactaceae
Habitat: Coastal dunes and coastal scrub, occasionally in water-logged saline soils of mangroves
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coastal Prickly-pear, Shell Midden Prickly-pear, Erect Prickly-pear
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Opuntia stricta var. stricta FAMILY: Cactaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Opuntia stricta FAMILY: Cactaceae
Habitat: Coastal dunes and coastal scrub, shell middens in salt marshes of the Gulf Coast, occasionally in water-logged saline soils of mangroves
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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