Opuntia
The fruits of a number of cacti are edible as well as dates from date palms. The seed pods of the mesquite are also edible.
cacti bear edible fruit such as the prickly pear and hylocereus which produces dragon fruit or pitaya.
Yes, besides dates in the Sahara, there are several cacti in the American deserts that produce edible fruit.
Guessing they're producers because they don't decompose anything. Some cacti can actually grow fruit which humans do eat.
Cacti are known to not require much water and some are quite edible.
No, cacti do not grow in the Arctic.
Some cacti are edible such as a prickly pear cactus. Their pads and fruit's spines can be removed or burned off to eat. Some cacti however aren't edible such as the teddy bear cactus due to its spines which are heavily distriputed across the plant.
Yes, cacti grow in the Great Basin Desert.Yes, cacti grow in the Great Basin Desert.
cacti (cactus) grow in desers where there is not a lot of water but they still survive.
There is no such fruit where its peel (Exocarp) is only edible.
There are a number of bushes and shrubs that produce edible fruit. For example, Burncoose Nursuries sells a number of these bushes by mail order, such as the Cydonia Oblonga or the Acca sellowiana.
There are cactus farms, especially in Arizona, that commercially grow cacti for landscaping and houseplants.