Mesquite Bosque

Mesquite Bosque
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:

Mesquite Bosque plant association species

See also

Notes

  1. ^ J. Michael Scott, Patricia J. Heglund, Michael L. Morrison. 2002
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009

References


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