NSIS: Florida Gardening with Native Plants


CACTUS FAMILY (CACTACEAE)
Bird food Fruit/seeds: cardinals, woodpeckers Insects: flycatchers, gnatcatchers, warblers Butterfly nectar food Wildlife food: Florida box turtles, eastern woodrats, gopher tortoises, and raccoons.

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Prickly pear Opuntia humifusa	NCS	yellow reddish	SpSu SpSuF	p
Coastal prickly pear Opuntia stricta	NCS	yellow-red	SpSu SpSuF	p

Codes:

N=north
C=central
S=south

Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter

a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine

i=invasive

ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans