Opuntia (genus)
Prickly Pears at Kambah, ACT
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| Opuntia (genus) | BettyDonWood | 20 Sep 2017 | |
| Opuntia (genus) | HelenCross | 20 Sep 2017 |
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User's notes
1 large plant and some scattered on hillside
3 comments
21 Sep 2017
The character in the Plantnet key that distinguishes ficus-indica (not gazetted as a Pest Plant) from stricta (which is) is the length of the stem segments. Usually more than 30 cm in ficus-indica and less than 30 cm in stricta. Betty (Don took our photos)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.036794-35.374919
- Altitude 680.0m
- Maps Cooleman Ridge
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 20 Sep 2017 05:46 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Opuntia (genus) Scientific name
- Prickly Pears Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 786m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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Record quality
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