Species Information
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Sand Prickly-Pear
Scientific Name: Opuntia arenaria
Number of Subpopulations: 23
Number of Mapped Locations: 1154
Number of Observations: 1165
Observation date range: 11-28-1954 to 12-07-2014
Species Related Publications
- herbarium record
- specimen
- WSMR SBE
- Delphinium robustum
- Agastache cana
- Agastache pringlei var. verticillata
- Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus
- Aliciella formosa
- Allium gooddingii
- Amsonia tharpii
- Anulocaulis gypsogenus
- Apacheria chiricahuensis
- Aquilegia chrysantha var. chaplinei
- Astragalus oocalycis
- Cirsium gilense
- Delphinium alpestre
- Draba mogollonica
- Grindelia arizonica var. neomexicana
- Hackelia hirsuta
- Lesquerella gooddingii
- Lesquerella lata
- Penstemon lentus
- Penstemon pseudoparvus
- Phacelia neomexicana
- Philadelphus argyrocalyx
- Phlox caryophylla
- Polygonatum cobrense
- Senecio cynthioides
- Senecio neomexicanus var. metcalfei
- Senecio sacramentanus
- Sphaeralcea procera
- Tonestus microcephalus
- ALAMO PENSTEMON
- ARBORALES MILKVETCH
- ARIZONA LIMESTONE ROSEWOOD
- AZTEC GILIA
- BISTI FLEABANE
- CASTETTER MILKVETCH
- CHAPLINE'S COLUMBINE
- CHIRICAHUA DOCK
- CHUSKA MT MILKVETCH
- CINDER PHACELIA
- COLORADO LARKSPUR
- CORY'S JOINT-FIR
- DUNE UNICORN-PLANT
- DWARF MILKWEED
- FUGATE'S AMSONIA
- GILIA THISTLE
- GOODDING BLADDERPOD
- GRIFFITH'S SALTBUSH
- GUADALUPE CLIFFDAISY
- GUADALUPE MESCALBEAN
- GUADALUPE NEEDLE GRASS
- GUADALUPE VALERIAN
- GYP GROUND PLUM
- GYPSOGENUS RINGSTEM
- GYPSUM SCALEBROOM
- GYPSUM WILD-BUCKWHEAT
- HAIRLESS FLEABANE
- HANDSOME BEARDTONGUE
- HESS'S FLEABANE
- HORRID HERRICKIA
- KNIGHT MILKVETCH
- kuenzler's cactus
- LUNA COUNTY GLOBEMALLOW
- MANCOS SALTBUSH
- MESA VERDE ALETES
- METCALFE'S GROUNDSEL
- MIMBRES FIGWORT
- MOGOLLON DEATH CAMAS
- MOGOLLON WHITLOWGRASS
- MOSQUITO PLANT
- MOUNTAIN LILY
- MT. GRAHAM BEARDTONGUE
- NARROW-MOUTH PENSTEMON
- New Mexico beardtongue
- New Mexico gumweed
- NEW MEXICO MILK-VETCH
- NEW MEXICO SCORPION-WEED
- New Mexico Stickseed
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN INDIAN-PAINTBRUSH
- ORGAN MOUNTAINS GIANT HYSSOP
- PAGOSA PHLOX
- Plain thistle
- RATON GUMWEED
- RIPLEY MILKVETCH
- Robust larkspur
- SACRAMENTO GROUNDSEL
- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAIN FLEABANE
- SAN CARLOS WILD BUCKWHEAT
- SAN MATEO PENSTEMON
- SAND PRICKLY-PEAR
- SANDHILL GOOSEFOOT
- Sapello Canyon larkspur
- SIERRA BLANCA CINQUEFOIL
- SILVER-CUP MOCK-ORANGE
- SMALL-HEAD GOLDEN-WEED
- Southwest Solomon's seal
- S
- Parish's alkali grass
- Penstemon alamosensis
- Puccinellia parishii
- Epithelantha micromeris
- Escobaria dasyacantha
- grama grass cactus
- Sclerocactus papyracanthus
- Desert night-blooming cereus
- Peniocereus greggii
- Escobaria orcuttii
- Organ Mountain foxtail-cactus
- Escobaria organensis
- Opuntia arenaria
- Sheer's pincushion cactus
- Sneed's pincushion cactus
- Escobaria villardii
- Oenothera organensis
- Talinum humile
- Castilleja organorum
- Wright's marsh thistle
- Cirsium wrightii
- Sophora gypsophila
- Todsen's pennyroyal
- HEDEOMA TODSENII
- Sacramento prickly-poppy
- Argemone pleiacantha ssp. pinnatisecta
- Chrysothamnus spathulatus
- Anulocaulis leiosolenus var. gypsogenus
- Vauquelinia californica ssp. pauciflora
- Atriplex griffithsii
- Lepidospartum burgessii
- Chihuahua scurf pea
- Pediomelum pentaphyllum
- Sibara grisea
- Anulocaulis gypsogenus
- Anulocaulis leiosolenus var. howardii
- ALAMO PENSTEMON
- ARIZONA LIMESTONE ROSEWOOD
- CHIHUAHUA SCURFPEA
- DUNCAN'S CORYCACTUS
- GRIFFITH'S SALTBUSH
- GUADALUPE MESCALBEAN
- GUADELUPE MOUNTAINS RABBIT-BUSH
- GYPSOGENUS RINGSTEM
- GYPSUM BLAZING-STAR
- GYPSUM SCALEBROOM
- MARBLE CANYON ROCKCRESS
- NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
- ORCUTT'S PINCUSHION CACTUS
- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN INDIAN-PAINTBRUSH
- PECOS GAMBUSIA
- PINOS ALTOS FLAMEFLOWER
- SAND PRICKLY-PEAR
- SCHEER'S PINCUSHION CACTUS
- VILLARD'S PINCUSHION CACTUS
- WRIGHT FISHHOOK CACTUS
- Puccinellia parishii
- Helianthus paradoxus
- Talinum longipes
- Aletes sessiliflorus
- Epithelantha micromeris
- Atriplex griffithsii
- Scrophularia macarantha
- Opuntia arenaria
- Abronia bigelovii
- Townsendia gypsophila
- Penstemen breviculus
- Erigeron bistiensis
- Astragalus humillimus
- Sclerocactus cloveriae
- Astragalus castetteri
- Hymenoxys brachyactis
- state
- Phrynosoma cornutum
- Plegadis chihi
- Speotyto cunicularia
- Numenius americanus
- Opuntia arenaria
- Peniocereus greggii var. greggii
- Myotis thysanodes
- Myotis volans
- Neolloydia intertexta
- cryptogramic soil
- Lanius ludovicianus
- Mammillaria wrightii
- Athene cunicularia
- Cereus greggii
- Coryphantha scheeri var. valida
- Sclerocactus intertextus
- NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
- SAND PRICKLY-PEAR
- WRIGHT FISHHOOK CACTUS
- forest harvesting
- Agastache cana
- Amsonia longiflora
- Apacheria chiricahuensis
- Astragalus cobrensis
- Astragalus cobrensis var. maguirei
- Astragalus naturitensis
- Cercocarpus intricatus
- Cynanchum arizonicum
- Escobaria orcuttii var. macraxina
- Marsilea ancylopoda
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. wootonii
- Penstemon superbus
- Perityle cernua
- ALAMO PENSTEMON
- ARIZONA SWALLOW-WORT
- BUTTON-CACTUS
- COPPER MINE MILKVETCH
- DUNE UNICORN-PLANT
- FUGATE'S AMSONIA
- GREEN-FLOWER NIPPLE-CACTUS
- GUADALUPE CLIFFDAISY
- GYP GROUND PLUM
- MAGUIRE'S MILKVETCH
- MANCOS SALTBUSH
- MEXICAN PEPPERWORT
- MEXICAN STAR LILY
- MOSQUITO PLANT
- NATURITA MILKVETCH
- NEW MEXICO MILK-VETCH
- NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
- NODDING ROCKDAISY
- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- PLANK'S CATCHFLY
- SAND PRICKLY-PEAR
- SESSILE-FLOWER FALSE CARROT
- SIERRA BLANCA CLIFFDAISY
- SUPERB BEARDTONGUE
- TEXAS GLOBEBERRY
- TUBULAR SLIMPOD
- WINN FALLS FLEABANE
2000
University of New Mexico Herbarium. 2000. Excel spreadsheet containing herbarium specimen records for LE, LT, C and SCF species.
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2011
Howard, M. 2011. BLM Special Status Plants Data. Plant Conservation Program, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office.
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2014
Howard, M. 2014. Geodatabase of rare plant locations. Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces Field Office.
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96
D96WSM01NMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
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1995
White Sands Missile Range, ES Division. 1995. Map with locations of LCTA monitoring plots indicated.
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1997
Sivinski, R. 1997. Endangered Plant Study. Sante Fe, NM: New Mexico Forestry Division; Performance Report E-9-11. 97p.
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2016
SEINet. 2016. Downloaded New Mexico data for tracked plants for NM Plant Conservation Strategy.
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1988
Clayton, P. 1988. Threatened, endangered, candidate and state-listed plant survey of public land identified for disposal in Dona Ana and Otero Counties, New Mexico.
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1988
Clayton, P. 1988. Field book of Philip Clayton, BLM, LCDO.
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1988
Clayton, P. 1988. Sensitive, threatened and endangered plant data forms for ^&Opuntia arenaria. Mimbres Resource Area, Las Cruces District, BLM.
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1991
Brozka, R.J. 1991. Progress report, 1988-1990: Land Condition-Trend Analysis Program, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Prepared by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Environmental Division. October 1991.
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1991
Mahrt, M. and J.R. Bacon. 1991. Inventory of listed species joint task force six operations Luna, Dona Ana, and Hidalgo counties, New Mexico. Unpub. report for U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Albuquerque district and Joint Task Force Six, Fort Bliss, TX.
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1992
Adm Division of Resources. 1992. Letter and map to area manager, Mimbres Resource Area regarding discovery of rare plant populations by Laird McIntosh. 2 p.
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1996
White Sands Missile Range, Department of Environmental Services. 1996. Printout of data from Land Condition Trend Analysis Program plot monitoring.
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1998
Kay, F. 1998. Email to Richard Spellenberg forwarded to Juanita Ladyman about ^&Opuntia arenaria occurrence. 2 p.
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1998
McIntosh, L. 1998. Email from NMNHP to Laird McIntosh with response delineating location of Opuntia arenaria population found in 1992 near Anthony, NM. 2 p.
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1976
New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, unpublished manual database plant records from NMNHP 1976 - 87. Forestry & Resources Conservation Div. of Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department
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1986
New Mexico Natural Heritage Program. Unpublished mainframe computer database plant and animal records from NM Natural Heritage Program Pre-1987.
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