U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
California

Short-Joint Beavertail Cactus
(Opuntia basilaris var. brachyelada )
Cactaceae

Beavertail Pricklypear; Photo Copyright Gary Lyons, Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution
Photo Copyright Gary Lyons, Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution

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Status: Federal Endangered, California State Endangered, California Native Plant Society List 1B

 

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