Opuntiads of the USA

Buttes at Fort Robinson State Park

Yucca glauca is very common along roads in the Western part of the state

Opuntia polyacantha at home in rocky soil

Pure yellow Opuntia polyacantha flower

Opuntia polyacantha competes easily with the grass in the poor soil

Overview of Opuntia polyacantha habitat

Opuntia polyacantha growing with Tradescantia occidentalis (prairie spiderwort)

Close-up of Tradescantia occidentalis

A typical long and straight stretch of road in Nebraska

Ranch land: a sea of grass

Escobaria vivipara getting ready to bloom

Escobaria vivipara at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

The two fossil-rich Buttes of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Caution! Rattlesnakes!