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Opuntia dulcis is a cactus native to United States and Mexico.
O. dulcis is found across the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is common in Trans-Pecos Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. It has been observed in the mountains of southern Nevada.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Opuntia dulcis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
