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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Species information

Opuntia monacantha     (Willd.) Haw.

This introduced shrub is commonly known as drooping prickly pear.

Opuntia monacantha is described as a "dicot" in the Cactaceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

A category 3 restricted invasive plant under the Biosecurity Act 2014. 

It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.

Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Mount Urah.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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