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Opuntia treleasei

Bakersfield Cactus.

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Bakersfield Cactus, Opuntia treleasei - grid24_24
Bakersfield Cactus, Opuntia treleasei - grid24_24
Opuntia treleasei, Bakersfield Cactus. - grid24_24
From the California Cactus book, E. M. Baxter, 1935, Bakersfield cactus, Opuntia treleasei. The weedy grasses came in and cactus burned, no cactus. Now it is rare and endangered. Many weeds, no native plants. What  have we done? - grid24_24
Opuntia treleasei, Bakersfield Cactus. play movie
Opuntia treleasei, Bakersfield Cactus. play movie
Historically, Bakersfield cactus covered large areas of the southern San Joaquin Valley. Our plants came from Jack Zaninovich who had a little nursery that grew plants for the Kern chapter of California Native Plant Society back in the 1970's and 1980's. The cactus has survived here for decades. Bakersfield cactus grew from Arvin to Edison and up to the western edge of Tehachapi. Cactus cannot tolerate fire. When the alien, annual grasses moved in (anthropomorphic disturbance), and they, being a very light, highly flammable, fuel, of course, burned, much of the habitat, including the cactus, was lost. So, now the cactus only exists where fire can't reach it. Grows with Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium, Ephedra californica, Encelia actoni, Isomeris arborea, Yucca whipplei cespitosa, and Brickellia nevinii in blue oak woodland. Syn: Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei



Foliage of Opuntia treleasei has color green-gray and is evergreen.
Flower of Opuntia treleasei has color pink.

Communities for Opuntia treleasei:Shadscale Scrub and Southern Oak Woodland.

ph: 7.00 to 8.10
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 0.10 to 0.30
width[m]: 0.30 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 20.00 to 50.00

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