Table 3. (continued) Scientific name WoNS Flora Naturalised Reference to Locations Details (common name) Base in WA 26th parallel Cylindropuntia Yes Yes Yes Both Goldfields, Outskirts of Buntine, Shire of Dalwallinu, imbricata wheatbelt, abandoned houses and rubbish tips. rope cactus) Pilbara Lallah Rookh, an outstation of Strelley Station, West Pilbara Cylindropuntia Yes Yes Yes Below No data The Menzies infestation of C. rosea is about (Hudson pear) 1.5 km x 1.5 km (~2.25 km2 or 225 ha) (Mac Jensen, DAFWA, pers. comm., March 2013) Yes Yes Goldfields Coolgardie Cylindropuntia tunicata Opuntia elata Yes Yes Yes Both No data Station infestation subject to eradication Opuntia elatior Yes Yes Yes Below Murchison The Wydgee Station infestation of O. elatior originated from a planting near the tennis court about 80 years ago. It has spread into a creek line and now covers about 200 ha. Opuntia engelmannii Yes Yes Yes Both No data No Yes Below No data Naturalised in Carnarvon, Goldfields, Opuntia ficus-indica Wheatbelt, Hills; common in cultivation
Table 3. (continued) Scientific name (common name) WoNS Flora Base Naturalised in WA Reference to 26th parallel Locations Details Cylindropuntia imbricata rope cactus) Yes Yes Yes Both Goldfields, wheatbelt, Pilbara Outskirts of Buntine, Shire of Dalwallinu, abandoned houses and rubbish tips. Lallah Rookh, an outstation of Strelley Station, West Pilbara Cylindropuntia (Hudson pear) Yes Yes Yes Below No data The Menzies infestation of C. rosea is about 1.5 km x 1.5 km (~2.25 km2 or 225 ha) (Mac Jensen, DAFWA, pers. comm., March 2013) Cylindropuntia tunicata Yes Yes Goldfields Coolgardie Opuntia elata Yes Yes Yes Both No data Station infestation subject to eradication Opuntia elatior Yes Yes Yes Below Murchison The Wydgee Station infestation of O. elatior originated from a planting near the tennis court about 80 years ago. It has spread into a creek line and now covers about 200 ha. Opuntia engelmannii Yes Yes Yes Both No data Opuntia ficus-indica No Yes Below No data Naturalised in Carnarvon, Goldfields, Wheatbelt, Hills; common in cultivation
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