Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, CA 4-18-09. © Joan Avise.

Coast Prickly Pear

Opuntia littoralis

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Limestone Canyon Wilderness Park, Trabuco Canyon, Orange Co., CA 6-4-11. © Joan Avise.
Hybrid, San Onofre State Beach, San Diego Co., CA 6-23-09. © Joan Avise. In the UCI Preserve there are at least three hybrids, with Opuntia oricola, with Opuntia vaseyi which has orange flowers, and with Opuntia phaeocantha.

UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA 4-22-09. © Joan Avise.
Whiting Ranch, 1-19-14. © Ron Vanderhoff.

UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA 4-30-09. © Joan Avise.
Showing transient leaves. Whiting Ranch, 1-19-14. © Ron Vanderhoff.

Flower scar, UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA 4-30-09. © Joan Avise.
Fruit, Peter's Canyon Regional Park, Orange Co., CA 3-11-07. © Joan Avise.

UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA 2-27-09. © Joan Avise.
In bud, Peter's Canyon Regional Park, Irvine, CA 5-21-06. © Joan Avise.

UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA 4-30-09. © Joan Avise.
With Greater Roadrunner, a predator on Cactus Wren chicks. UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA 2-27-09. © Joan Avise.

Bell View Trail, Santa Margarita, 1-28-17. © Ron Vanderhoff.
Bell View Trail, Santa Margarita, 1-28-17. © Ron Vanderhoff.
Associated Insects and Spiders