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Native to central America, velvety tree pear forms a central woody trunk and grows to 5m. The dull green oblong pads are velvety to touch due to a dense covering of fine hairs. Young plants have 2-4 spines in the areoles to 2.5cm long but become spineless as the plant matures. A spiny variety exists, it has more than 50 spines in each areole on the trunk. Drought-tolerant, velvety tree pear is found throughout central and southern Queensland. It rapidly invades pastures and overwhelms native vegetation, and the spines can cause injury to people and animals.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV>", "summary": "Map layer extracted from Biosecurity Queensland pest distribution survey displaying distribution of individual invasive weed species.", "title": "Prickly pear: velvety tree pear", "tags": [ "weeds", "pests" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 0, "maxScale": 0, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "© State of Queensland (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries), 2023", "licenseInfo": "" }