Native records: 2 botanical areas
Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
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Opuntia excelsa
lofty pricklypear
Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
Climatically similar areas are not areas where the plant can grow.
Distribution areas
Mexico
- Mexico NorthwestNative
- Mexico SouthwestNative
Other species in Opuntia
- Opuntia elataRiverina pear
- Opuntia elatiorBroad prickly pear
- Opuntia engelmanniiCactus-apple
- Opuntia erinaceaMohave pricklypear
- Opuntia eruca
- Opuntia escuintlensis
- Opuntia feroacantha
- Opuntia ficus-indicaBarbary fig
- Opuntia flavispina
- Opuntia fortanelliPrickly Pears
- Opuntia fragilisBrittle Pricklypear
- Opuntia fuliginosa
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