Plants Profile for Cylindropuntia imbricata imbricata (tree cholla)

Image of Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata

General Information
Symbol:	CYIMI
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Cactaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Tree
Native Status:	L48 N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Clarence A. Rechenthin. Provided by USDA NRCS East Texas PMC (ETPMC). Usage Requirements.

Clarence A. Rechenthin. Provided by USDA NRCS East Texas PMC (ETPMC). United States, TX, Gail vicinity, E. of town. Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CO, Denver Botanic Gardens. August 11, 2003. Usage Requirements.

©James L. Reveal. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 573. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
CEIM2	Cereus imbricatus Haw.
OPAR5	Opuntia arborescens Engelm.
OPIM	Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC.	tree cholla
OPIMA2	Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. var. arborescens (Engelm.) D. Weniger, nom. nud.
OPIMI	Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. var. imbricata	tree cholla
OPIMV	Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. var. vexans (Griffiths) D. Weniger, nom. nud.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) Kreuzinger – cholla
Species	Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M. Knuth – tree cholla
Variety	Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M. Knuth var. imbricata – tree cholla

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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Arizona Opuntia imbricata tree cholla Salvage restricted

Wetland Status

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