• Plant: Florida Pricklypear (Opuntia austrina)
  • Uploaded by Bryce
  • Info: Stem, scape, stalk or bark / 2013-11-01 / Central Florida / License: Public domain
  • Caption: 1st Pad is strap form that forms the trunk of ammophila 2nd is top growth that begins to round and 3rd is Central Florida sandhill Opuntia humifusa for comparison.
Photo of Florida Pricklypear (Opuntia austrina) uploaded by Bryce

Other Photos
Location: Ocala National Forest
Date: 2013-11-01
Nice small tree specimen of Opuntia ammophila located in Ocala Na
Location: Central Florida
Date: 2013-11-01
Note that Opuntia ammophila has a smaller secondary spine pointin

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