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Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia genus

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Cactus

Habitat:

Near the beach

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Ric3
Ric3 11 years ago
Prickly Pear Cactus
Opuntia genus Wikipedia


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4 Comments

Adrián Encontrado
Adrián Encontrado 11 years ago

It's a prickly pear

Ric3
Ric3 11 years ago

P.S. We have it quite a bit over on this coast of FL in Pinellas, too.

Ric3
Ric3 11 years ago

Prickly pears are included in this genus of about 200 species.

KerryHawkins
KerryHawkins 11 years ago

Looks like our Prickly Pear in Australia

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irockhrdface
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irockhrdface

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jan 15, 2013
Submitted on Apr 1, 2013

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