Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus - Point Pelee

Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus - Point Pelee The endangered eastern prickly pear cactus is a focal species for Lake Erie Sand Spit Savannas (LESSS), one of the most imperiled terrestrial ecosystems in North America. Although monitoring of the of eastern prickly pear cactus has occurred within the park since 1971, accurate estimation of population trends is not possible due to variability in sampling techniques. Presently Point Pelee National Park uses a 10x10m grid to sample selected plots of different densities. 2024-05-15 Parks Canada tammy.dobbie@pc.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentEastern Prickly Pear CactusOpuntia humifusaEndangered SpeciesSample GridsLake Erie Sand SpitEssex CountyOntario Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus - Point Pelee - Monitoring DataCSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/82617501-ffcd-49a6-a1d2-8a3ef91286fe/resource/0940add0-00d3-4011-b107-97bc5ed31126/download/point_pelee_np_coastal_eastern_prickly_pear_cactus_2005-2017_data.csv Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus - Point Pelee - Monitoring Data DictionaryCSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/82617501-ffcd-49a6-a1d2-8a3ef91286fe/resource/cffde3b0-cead-4879-b530-c90fcd57f79f/download/point_pelee_np_coastal_eastern_prickly_pear_cactus_2005-2017_data_dictionary.csv

The endangered eastern prickly pear cactus is a focal species for Lake Erie Sand Spit Savannas (LESSS), one of the most imperiled terrestrial ecosystems in North America. Although monitoring of the of eastern prickly pear cactus has occurred within the park since 1971, accurate estimation of population trends is not possible due to variability in sampling techniques. Presently Point Pelee National Park uses a 10x10m grid to sample selected plots of different densities.

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