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Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
Pricklypear

Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Cactaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Other data on Opuntia humifusa available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Opuntia humifusa has been found in the following 99 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Barefoot Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Blazingstar Preserve	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Delray Oaks Natural Area	Present	Native
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition	Present	Native
Don Pedro Island State Park	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Fort Lauderdale Ex. Airport Gopher Tortoise Preserve	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Gomez	Present	Native
Gopher Tortoise Preserve	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Gulfstream Park	Present	Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
High Ridge Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Highlands Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Kiplinger	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
LaBelle Nature Park	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Loggerhead Park	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Military Trail Natural Area	Present	Native
Miramar Pineland	Present	Native
Mound Key Archaeological State Park	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Okeeheelee Park	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
Railhead Scrub Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native, presumed Extirpated, now Cultivated Only
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rocky Point Hammock	Present	Native
Ron Ehmann Park	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Ridge Preserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Scrub Oak Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seacrest Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Serenoa Glade Preserve	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
South Beach Park	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Tigertail Beach County Park	Present	Native
Tilton	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native
Vanderbilt Beach County Park	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Recorded as Present in Error
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Opuntia humifusa has been found in the following 9 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native