Colorado Cacti

Prickly Pear

• Brittle Prickly-Pear https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62474-Opuntia-fragilis
• Plains Prickly Pear https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/165891-Opuntia-macrorhiza
• Brown-spined Prickly-Pear https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/78268-Opuntia-phaeacantha
• Starvation Prickly-Pear https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/78269-Opuntia-polyacantha

Cholla

• Tree Cholla https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/273618-Cylindropuntia-imbricata
• Whipple Cholla https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/472472-Cylindropuntia-whipplei Exteme SW

Foxtail Cacti

• Viviparous Foxtail Cactus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/148405-Escobaria-vivipara
• Missouri Foxtail Cactus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/162733-Escobaria-missouriensis

Hedgehog Cacti (Echinocereus )

• Claret-cup Hedgehog https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82276-Echinocereus-triglochidiatus El Paso South and west slope
• Nylon Hedgehog Cactus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/162190-Echinocereus-viridiflorus Plains
• Lace Hedgehog Cactus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/162187-Echinocereus-reichenbachii Pueblo S
• Fendler's Hedgehog Cactus Extreme SW No records in iNat
• Simpson's Hedgehog Cactus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119306-Pediocactus-simpsonii Statewide

Pineapple Cactus (west slope only)

• Colorado Hookless Cactus (Mesa)
• Mesa Verde Fishhook Cactus (Montezuma)
• Smallflower Fishhook Cactus (West Slope)

Posted on February 28, 2021 12:10 AM by nickmoore91