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Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. (sensu lato)
Erect pricklypear

Copyright by: James Johnson
Eastern Cuba, 2013

Family: Cactaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico and northern South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

State of Florida Status: Threatened

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: O. stricta var. dillenii, O. dillenii, O. inermis.

Other data on Opuntia stricta available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Opuntia stricta has been found in the following 74 conservation areas :
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Barefoot Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Beachwalk Pasley Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blazing Star Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dry Tortugas National Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association tract A
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Gulfstream Park	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hollywood North Beach Regional Park	Present	Native
Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Kitchen Key	Present	Native
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Loggerhead Park	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Lovers Key State Park	Present	Native
Mound Key Archaeological State Park	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native
Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seacrest Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Serenoa Glade Preserve	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Spanish River Park	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Tamarind Private Dune	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Vanderbilt Beach County Park	Present	Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Opuntia stricta 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