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Coast Cholla

Cylindropuntia prolifera

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 425, February 368, March 449, April 916, May 757, June 559, July 299, August 296, September 376, October 384, November 494, December 381.
California8,823
United States4,676
Mexico1,148
Baja California1,148
Australia18
South Australia8
New South Wales6
South Africa4
Western Cape4
Western Australia2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Cactus growth formDescends from the cactus family.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familycacti · Cactaceae
Genuschollas · Cylindropuntia

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Practise Coast Cholla with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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