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Opuntia humifusa (pricklypear; devil's-tongue)

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Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

Opuntia humifusa, commonly known as the devil's-tongue, eastern prickly pear or Indian fig, is a cactus native to parts of eastern North America.
View Wikipedia Record: Opuntia humifusa

Infraspecies

Opuntia humifusa var. ammophila (devil's-tongue)
Opuntia humifusa var. austrina (common pricklypear)
Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Predators

Dactylopius confusus (california cochineal scale)[2]
Diaspis echinocacti (cactus scale)[2]
Gopherus polyphemus ((Florida) Gopher Tortoise)[3]
Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3Patterns of Folivory and Seed Ingestion by Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in a Southeastern Pine Savanna, Roger D. Birkhead, Craig Guyer and Sharon M. Hermann, Am. Midl. Nat. 154:143-151
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0