CACTACEAE - - Cactus Family

Opuntia cespitosa Rafinesque — Eastern Prickly-pear

Habitat:

Limestone and chalk outcrops, dolomite outcrops, glades, sandy or blackland prairies, upland hardwood or mixed hardwood-pine forests in dry, clay soils. This is the most common species in the eastern United States but has traditionally been considered conspecific with O. humifusa.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.