- Mesquite Bosque
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A Mesquite Bosque with Velvet mesquite - Prosopis velutina.
Mesquite Bosque is a vegetative association within the Southwestern United States, under the Kuchler scheme of plant association categories.
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Geography
The Mesquite Bosque association occurs in the Sonoran Desert, with mesquite - Prosopis spp. dominating. In some cases, this plant association is along xeric portions of desert floodplains, bajadas, and arroyos. [1]
Mesquite species
- The mesquite species can include:
- Velvet mesquite - Prosopis velutina
- Screwbean mesquite - Prosopis pubescens - "Tornillo"
- Honey mesquite - Prosopis glandulosa
Mesquite Bosque plant association species
- Catclaw acacia - Acacia greggii
- Fremont cottonwood - Populus fremontii
- Desert mistletoe - Phoradendron californicum
- California fan palm - Washingtonia filifera - the Mesquite Bosque association is one of the Kuchler scheme designation areas where this endangered palm may occur.[2]
See also
- Bosque
- Tamaulipan mezquital
- List of flora of the Lower Colorado River Valley
Notes
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
- J. Michael Scott, Patricia J. Heglund, Michael L. Morrison. 2002. Predicting species occurrences: issues of accuracy and scale, Island Press, ISBN 1559637870, 9781559637879 868 pages
Categories: Lower Colorado River Valley | Deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States | Plants by habitat | Plant communities of California | Flora of the Sonoran Deserts | Flora of the California desert regions | Flora of the U.S. Rio Grande Valleys | North American desert flora | Flora of Arizona | Trees of Arizona | Forests of California | Forests of Arizona | Colorado Desert | Yuma Desert | Ecology stubs
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