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The prickly pear grows the most during the summer when monsoon rains bring moisture to a region. They grow much slower during the drier months.
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∙ 9y agoPrickly pear cacti are found throughout nearly the entire United States bu are most common in arid and semiarid regions of the west.
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What is the state plant of Texas?
The Prickly Pear Cactus
What animals eat the cactus pear?
There is no such place as the Saguaro Desert. There is the Sonoran Desert where the saguaro cactus grows. Some small animals such as rodents and rabbits feed on the prickly pear as well as javelina, deer, pronghorns, bighorn sheep and tortoises.
How do animals obtain water from a cactus?
Some animals will obtain all or part of the water they require by consuming prickly pear cacti.Some animals will obtain all or part of the water they require by consuming prickly pear cacti.
What lives in the desert and eats cactus?
There are few animals in the desert that dine on cacti and they usually restrict the menu to the prickly pear cactus. A number of insects are parasites on these cacti. Some rodents, rabbits and hares as well as tortoises, javelina, deer and antelope occasionally feed on prickly pears. Most other cacti are so densely spined that few animals will attack them for dinner.
What is the vegetation for the Simpson desert?
The Simpson desert contains many types of vegetation including the Barrel Cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus. Saguaro Cactus, Prickly Pear Cactus.
What is the state plant of Texas?
The Prickly Pear Cactus
Is the prickly pear and cactus relationship mutualism or commensalism?
A prickly pear is a cactus. There is no commensalism or mutualism.
Where does the prickly pear cactus live?
on a pear
How much sugar is found in one green prickly pear cactus fruit?
i wuld assume that there is about 14.8 of sugar in the green prickly pear.
Is a prickly pear cactus an animal?
No, a cactus is a plant, not an animal.
What prickly plant begins with the letter A?
apricot prickly pear cactus
What eats a prickly pear cactus?
your nan
What is the name of the fruit of the cactus?
The fruit of the cactus is commonly known as a prickly pear or cactus pear. It is a sweet and flavorful fruit that grows on certain species of cacti.
What could the Prickly Pear cactus do if you stuck your finger into it?
If you stuck your finger into a prickly pear cactus, you could get stuck with one of the spines. You could also possibly be bitten by a spider who likes to make their webs in the prickly pear.
Is the Prickly Pear Cactus vascular?
yea it is vascular
Where do prickly pear cactus live in Texas?
me on aus
Is the life cycle of the prickly pear cactus annual?
no
