Prickly pears in Australia
Prickly pears (genus Opuntia) include a number of plant species that were introduced and have become invasive in Australia.
Prickly pears (mostly
A monument to Cactoblastis cactorum was erected in Dalby, Queensland, commemorating the eradication of the prickly pear in the region. The Cactoblastis Memorial Hall in Boonarga, Queensland, also commemorates the eradication.[5]
Species
These Opuntia species are recorded as naturalised in Australia:[6]
- Opuntia aurantiaca
- Opuntia dejecta
- Opuntia dillenii
- Opuntia elata
- Opuntia elatior
- Opuntia engelmannii
- Opuntia ficus-indica
- Opuntia humifusa
- Opuntia leucotricha
- Opuntia microdasys
- Opuntia monacantha
- Opuntia polyacantha
- Opuntia puberula
- Opuntia robusta
- Opuntia schickendantzii
- Opuntia sp. Schrank
- Opuntia streptacantha
- Opuntia stricta
- Opuntia sulphurea
- Opuntia tomentosa
See also
References
- ^ "The Prickly Pear Story" (PDF). Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. Queensland Government. July 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- The Courier-mail. No. 966. Queensland, Australia. 3 October 1936. p. 22. Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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- ^ "National Archives of Australia on Instagram: "Let's try tanks and flamethrowers! Spreading at the rate of a million acres a year by 1919, the prickly pear was out of control. Our latest blog by Penny O'Hara for #NationalScienceWeek reveals the peculiar ways Australians attempted to stop this thorny pest, before discovering a scientific breakthrough with an Argentinean moth. Link in bio. Image: 1920s map illustrating the scale of prickly pear infestation. NAA: B5626, 306 #StoriesFromTheArchives"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "Cactoblastis Memorial Hall (entry 601273)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Opuntia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
External links
- Prickly Pear photograph album 1926-1933 digitised and held by State Library of Queensland
- Prickly pears in Australia at the Australian Weeds Committee
- History of prickly pear in Australia - from a New South Wales' perspective
- A prickly problem : Dr Jean White-Haney and the prickly pear, State Library of Queensland
- Prickly-Pear Experimental Station, Dulacca: report from 1st May, 1915, to 30th June, 1916 / by Jean White-Haney, State Library of Queensland
- Prickly-Pear Experimental Station, Dulacca: reports up to 30th April, 1914 / by Jean White, State Library of Queensland
- Prickly-Pear Experimental Station, Dulacca: report from 1st May, 1914, to 30th April, 1915 / Jean White-Haney, State Library of Queensland
- Prickly Pear Control Oral History, State Library of Queensland
- Henderson Photograph Album 1922-1930, State Library of Queensland