Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Plants

This guide contains mosses, ferns, vines, aquatic plants, cactuses, shrubs, trees, and other plants that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Taxonomy
« Back To Subfamily Opuntioideae
- Tribe Opuntieae
  - 7 Prickly Pears Genus Opuntia

Prickly Pears ¹
Opuntia

Plains Pricklypear ²
Opuntia polyacantha

Twist-spined Pricklypear ³
Opuntia tortispina

Grassland Pricklypear ⁴
Opuntia cymochila

brittle prickly-pear ⁵
Opuntia fragilis

twist spine prickly pear ⁶
Opuntia macrorhiza

brown-spined prickly-pear ⁷
Opuntia phaeacantha

starvation prickly-pear ⁸
Opuntia polyacantha polyacantha

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Plants

Prickly Pears 1 Opuntia

Plains Pricklypear 2 Opuntia polyacantha

Twist-spined Pricklypear 3 Opuntia tortispina

Grassland Pricklypear 4 Opuntia cymochila

brittle prickly-pear 5 Opuntia fragilis

twist spine prickly pear 6 Opuntia macrorhiza

brown-spined prickly-pear 7 Opuntia phaeacantha

starvation prickly-pear 8 Opuntia polyacantha polyacantha