Dark-spine Pricklypear

  The West Gulf Coastal Plain holds a highly localized endemic in Opuntia fusco–atra, a poorly documented cactus restricted to the Texas coast.  The plant relies on specific, high-stress coastal systems, establishing populations across salt marshes, sand flats, coastal prairies, and coastal oak hammocks. Mechanically, the species is defined by a rugged, downscaled anatomy. It […]