The fruit of the prickly pear cactus is eaten by people and the cactus leaves are eaten by cattle after their spines have been burned off.
Other common names for this plant include black-spined pricklypear, long-spine prickly pear, purple pricklypear, and redeye prickly pear.
Trees include oak, prickly pear, mahogany, kapok tree, pine, and guanacaste.
The prickly pear can spread and diminish the area for bird's nesting sites.
The driest hilltops even support prickly pear cactus.
The landscape of the park is hilly, with many cedar, live oak, prickly pear cacti, and yuccas.
In this region, bears occasionally move to more open areas to feed on prickly pear cactus.
Longhorn cactus beetles feed on chollas and prickly pear cacti, and are known to feed on saguaro seedlings.
