Cactaceae
Tree cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cylindropuntia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 鬼角子, 兔子角
- English
- Tree cholla
- Hungarian
- Kötélkaktusz
- Japanese
- キシカク
- Lithuanian
- Medelinė opuncija
- nah
- Tenohpalli
- Polish
- Cylindropuncja dachówkowata
Synonyms
- Cactus bleo Torr.
- Cactus cylindricus J.James
- Cactus imbricatus (Haw.) Lem.
- Cereus imbricatus Haw.
- Cereus imbricatus Pfeiff.
- Cylindropuntia arborescens (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth
- Cylindropuntia imbricata var. arborescens (Engelm.) Bulot
- Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata
- Grusonia imbricata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia arborescens Engelm.
- Opuntia costigera Miq.
- Opuntia cristata Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia decipiens DC.
- Opuntia exuviata Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia exuviata var. stellata (Salm-Dyck) Lem. ex Labour.
- Opuntia exuviatostellata Lem. ex Labour.
- Opuntia galeottii De Smet ex Miq.
- Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC.
- Opuntia imbricata var. arborescens (Engelm.) A.D.Zimmerman
- Opuntia imbricata var. ramosior Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia imbricata var. tenuior Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia magna Griffiths
- Opuntia ruthei A.Berger
- Opuntia stellata Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia vexans Griffiths
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jared Lincenberg, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.