CACTACEAE - - Cactus Family

Opuntia humifusa (Rafinesque) Rafinesque — Low Prickly-pear

Habitat:

Slate outcrops, sandy soils, upland hardwood forests or mixed pine-hardwood forests in dry, clay or silty soils.

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

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

Note: Since BONAP does not recognize Opuntia cespitosa at this time, the above range map includes both O. humifusa and O. cespitosa.