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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
Comments
:
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Other data on
Opuntia humifusa
available from
:
Opuntia humifusa
has been found in the following
99 conservation areas
:
Occurrence
Native Status
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
Opuntia humifusa
has been found in the following
9 counties
:
Occurrence
Native Status
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
Opuntia humifusa
has been found in the following
13 habitats
:
Beach Dune
Coastal Grassland
Coastal Strand
Disturbed Upland
Dry Prairie
Marl Prairie
Mesic Flatwoods
Pine Rockland
Sandhill
Scrub
Scrubby Flatwoods
Shell Mound
Xeric Hammock
All Images
:
Copyright by
:
Shirley Denton
Copyright by
: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Blazingstar Preserve, Palm Beach County, Florida
Copyright by
:
Shirley Denton
Copyright by
: Roger L. Hammer
Copyright by
:
Shirley Denton
Copyright by
: George D. Gann
Copyright by
: Robert L. Line