This plant, like other Opuntia species, is attacked by cactus moth.
Opuntia | opuntia | Opuntia stricta | Opuntia ficus-indica | Opuntia robusta | Opuntia polyacantha | Opuntia phaeacantha | Opuntia leucotricha | Opuntia fragilis |
Other plants associated with it include the Mohr shin oak, Quercus mohriana, oneseed juniper, Juniperus monosperma, cane cholla, Opuntia imbricata, purplefruited pricklypear, Opuntia phaeacantha, Mexican buckeye, Ungnadia speciosa, Texas persimmon, Diospyros texana, hairy tridens, Erioneuron pilosum and plateau oak, Quercus fusiformis.