Editing Eastern Prickly Pear (section)

=== Stratford (General Area & Housatonic River) ===

The Yale University Herbarium contains a specimen of ''Opuntia humifusa '' collected in Stratford, Connecticut by A. L. Winton in June 1883 (YPM YU 051548)<ref name="yuh"></ref>.  No further specifics are provided concerning the location of the colony from which the specimen was harvested.

The Yale University Herbarium contains a specimen of ''Opuntia humifusa '' collected in Stratford, Connecticut by C. H. Bissell on July 17, 1901 (YPM CBS 025966)<ref name="yuh"></ref>.  No further specifics are provided concerning the location of the colony from which the specimen was harvested.

The George Safford Torrey Herbarium at UConn contains a specimen of ''Opuntia vulgaris'' collected on September 10, 1904 "near [the] Housatonic River" in Stratford, Connecticut (CONN Accession #05904).<ref name="gsth"></ref>  No further specifics are provided concerning the location of the colony from which the specimen was harvested.

The Yale University Herbarium contains a specimen of ''Opuntia humifusa '' collected in Stratford, Connecticut by D. C. Tank on May 19, 2007 (YPM YU 100036)<ref name="yuh"></ref>.  No further specifics are provided concerning the location of the colony from which the specimen was harvested.