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Mesquite Bosque

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Mesquite Bosque south of Tucson, Arizona.

Mesquite Bosque is a vegetative association within the Southwestern United States, under the Kuchler scheme of plant association categories.

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]

Plant species

The mesquite (Prosopis) species include:

Other species include:



See also

References

  1. ^ J. Michael Scott, Patricia J. Heglund, Michael L. Morrison. 2002. Predicting species occurrences: issues of accuracy and scale, Island Press, ISBN 978-1-55963-787-9. 868 pages
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009. California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg