Opuntia
anahuacensis
Griffiths
WEED
This introduced shrub
is commonly known as
beach prickly pear cactus.
Opuntia anahuacensis
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Cactaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Some records of Opuntia stricta may actually be Opuntia anahuacensis which is currently not recorded in Australia (https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/583278).
Plants 30-60 cm tall, but multiple plants can form large horizontal, impenetrable thickets several meters across. (https://www.opuntiads.com/opuntia-anahuacensis/)
Observation outside of the region at Redcliffe, ID to be confirmed (https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/36931226).
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
