Prickly Pears at Chapman, ACT
Identification history
| Opuntia (genus) | 9 Mar 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Opuntia ficus-indica | 5 Feb 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 5 Feb 2020 | SWishart |
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User's notes
I've never seen anything like this on Cooleman Ridge before - I think it's a cactus
3 comments
Mike
wrote:
6 Feb 2020
There have been some big cacti removed from Cooleman Ridge, I think the south end.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
6 Feb 2020
It is certainly Opuntia. I am not absolutely sure of the species.
Mike, what was the speCies was the Opuntia removed from Cooleman Ridge?
Mike, what was the speCies was the Opuntia removed from Cooleman Ridge?
Mike
wrote:
6 Feb 2020
I will try to find out: I only remember seeing a car-load of it being dropped off at Parks Athllon Depot a few years ago so it was probably O. ficus-indica (spineless). O. ficus-indica is rampant on Scrivener Hill but there is also O. stricta which has some spines. I can see spines on this sighting so think it would be O. stricta, though I think both could have some spines when young.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029587-35.354348
- Altitude 715.3m
- Maps Cooleman Ridge
- Places Chapman, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Feb 2020 10:12 AM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Collections
SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Opuntia (genus) Cacti & Succulents Plants
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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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In flower
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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