Opuntia polyacantha, C. Davidson 13654--ID. Hwy 22 W of Dubois. 17 Jun 2017. DSC02303 (36).JPG
Native to Alberta, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming; introduced into Czechia-Slovakia, Spain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Idaho, Butte (Howe)
43.961722, -112.750611
Location Remarks
On Hwy 22 W of Dubois and 3.5 km W of Hwy 28 junction. Elev. 1557 m. (Close to Butte/Clark Co. line.)
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Roadside strip in open farm country of gently rolling hills.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Opuntia
Specific Epithet
polyacantha
Authorship
Haw.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#241,430 of 335,497
Top 72%
Extinction probability
6%
