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Opuntia chlorotica

Engelm. & Bigelow

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154407
Element CodePDCAC0D090
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
IUCNLeast concern
CITESAppendix II
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyCactaceae
GenusOpuntia
Other Common Names
dollarjoint pricklypear (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Review Date1988-02-02
Change Date1988-06-30
Edition Date1988-02-02
Edition AuthorsLAMBERT, A.
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Rank Reasons
Widespread throught the southwestern United States.
Range Extent Comments
It occurs in the U.S. in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah; and in Mexico in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora (Hernandez et al. 2004).
Threat Impact Comments
Most cacti subject to horticultural collecting.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

It is found on rocky or sandy soils of ledges, steep slopes, canyons, and sometimes flats in the desert at elevations from 3000-4000 feet (Benson 1969).

Reproduction

Opuntias produce sexual and asexual seeds, exchanging genetic material occasionally while continuing to disperse asexually; these adaptations allow the plants to adapt to stressful environments. All Opuntias produce fleshy fruits that are dispersed by animals and many Opuntias are known to be self-dispersed, in addition (Valiente-Banuet and Godinez-Alvarez 2002).

Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
NevadaS3Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
ColoradoS1Yes
ArizonaSNRYes
UtahS1Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)Yes
Roadless Areas (47)
Arizona (23)
AreaForestAcres
Arnold MesaPrescott National Forest12,286
Big RidgeKaibab National Forest9,087
Black CanyonPrescott National Forest10,683
Blind Indian CreekPrescott National Forest26,847
Burro CanyonKaibab National Forest19,928
Butterfly Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest42,296
ChiricahuaCoronado National Forest76,876
Cimarron HillsCoconino National Forest5,303
Connell MountainsPrescott National Forest7,926
GoldfieldTonto National Forest15,257
Grief HillPrescott National Forest12,535
Happy ValleyCoronado National Forest7,972
Lime CreekTonto National Forest42,568
MazatzalTonto National Forest16,942
Middle Dragoon RoadlessCoronado National Forest10,543
Mitchell PeakApache-Sitgreaves National Forests35,398
PinalenoCoronado National Forest130,920
Pine Mountain Wilderness ContiguousTonto National Forest6,518
PipestemApache-Sitgreaves National Forests34,598
Santa RitaCoronado National Forest6,078
Sheridan MountainPrescott National Forest37,600
TumacacoriCoronado National Forest44,594
WhetstoneCoronado National Forest20,728
California (3)
AreaForestAcres
Cactus Springs BSan Bernardino National Forest3,106
Granite PeakSan Bernardino National Forest450
Pyramid Peak BSan Bernardino National Forest7,194
Nevada (10)
AreaForestAcres
Antelope - West 1Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest8,642
Charleston - CarpenterHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest17,828
Charleston - ClarkHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest4,674
La Madre - TroutHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest2,101
Lovell Summit SouthHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest28,455
PotosiHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest5,145
Stirling - Clark BHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest741
Stirling - JohnnieHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest1,449
Stirling - West DHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest134
Table Mtn. - EastHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest87,789
New Mexico (5)
AreaForestAcres
Apache Kid ContiguousCibola National Forest67,542
Contiguous To Black & Aldo Leopold WildernessGila National Forest111,883
Meadow CreekGila National Forest34,167
Peloncillo (NM)Coronado National Forest43,339
Sawyers PeakGila National Forest59,743
Utah (6)
AreaForestAcres
AtchinsonDixie National Forest17,655
Bull ValleyDixie National Forest10,911
CottonwoodDixie National Forest6,754
Kane MountainDixie National Forest8,013
Moody WashDixie National Forest31,835
Pine Valley MountainsDixie National Forest57,673
References (5)
  1. Benson, L. 1969. The Native Cacti of California. Stanford University Press: Stanford, California. 243 pp.
  2. Hernandez, H.M., C. Gomez-Hinostrosa, and B. Goettsch. 2004. Checklist of Chihuahuan desert Cactaceae. Harvard Papers in Botany 9(1):51-68.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  4. Parfitt, B.D. and C.H. Pickett. 1980. Insect pollination of prickly-pears (<i>Opuntia</i>: Cactaceae). The Southwestern Naturalist 25(1): 104-107.
  5. Valiente-Banuet, A., and H. Godinez-Alvarez. 2002. Population and Community Ecology. Pages 91-108. in: P. Nobel, editor. Cacti: Biology and Uses. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.