Opuntia mesacantha subsp. mesacantha

Wetland Assessment Procedure (WAP): Source - Southwest Florida Water Management District, Wetland Assessment Procedure Instruction Manual for Isolated Wetlands (March 2005).

• ANY - WAP critieria is not taken into consideration
• Yes - Show results with WAP designations
• No - Show results without WAP designations

Wetland Status, Department of Environmental Regulation (DEP): Source - Delineation of the Landward Extent of Wetlands and Surface Waters, Chapter 62-340, Florida Administrative Code. 1994.

National Wetland Plant List (NWPL): Source - Lichvar, R.W., M. Butterwick, N.C. Melvin, and W.N. Kirchner. 2014. The National Wetland Plant List: 2014 Update of Wetland Ratings. Phytoneuron 2014-41: 1-42.

Identifying species that appear as waifs or only periodically appear in the flora for a few seasons.

• Any - Persisting critieria is not taken into consideration
• Yes - Show results with a Persisting value of Y
• No - Show results without Persisting value of N

(Definitions from: American Heritage Science Dictionary)

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This numeric rank provides the relative rarity for each species based on a scale from 1 (very rare) to 5 (common). These ranks carry no legal status.

• S1 - Typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable in the state.
• S2 - Typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in the state.
• S3 - Typically 21 to 100 occurrences, limited acreage, or miles of stream in the state.
• S4 - Apparently secure in the state.
• S5 - Demonstrably secure in the state.
• SE - State exotic or non-native.
• SH - Historically known from the state, but not seen in the past 15 years.
• SNA - Species for which a rank is not applicable. This is mainly those species which are now excluded from flora for various reasons.
• SNR - Not yet ranked.
• SX - Apparently extirpated from the state.

Each species' global rank is determined by NatureServe. These ranks carry no legal weight. The global rank reflects the species worldwide rarity.

• G1 - Critically imperiled globally because of extreme rarity (5 or fewer occurrences), or very few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or especially vulnerable to extinction because of some factor of its biology.
• G2 - Imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors.
• G3 - Imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors.
• G4 - Imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors.
• G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
• GH - Historically known, with the expectation that it might be rediscovered.
• GNA - Species for which a rank is not applicable. NatureServe does not typically rank hybrid species.
• GNR - Not yet ranked.
• GX - Species believed to be extinct.

• Any - An Any search will combine the list of counties to include with a Boolean Or. Plant species returned will be found within at least one of the selected counties.
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A voucher specimen is a pressed and thoroughly dried plant sample deposited in a herbarium, and is intended to be a permanent record supporting research purposes. A voucher may be a record of a plant's occurrence in a particular area, or a specific example of a plant used in a scientific investigation.

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