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Prosopis laevigata; Mezquite, Smooth Mesquite   

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Prosopis laevigata
Prosopis laevigata
Mezquite, Smooth Mesquite
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 0917 2755 (2017-09-28)

Copyright © 2017 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Jul 11, 2013
  • latitude 26.53560   longitude 104.10401     View on Google Maps.
  • location   access road, from Federal Hiway 49 (libre) to MX 49 cuota, 1.7 miles northeast of Caballos, 4.5 miles west of Mx 49D, Mapimi Reserva de la Biosfera (Mcp. Mapiimi, Dgo., Mexico)
  • family Fabaceae
  • plant community   Chihuahuan Desert mesquite scrub at 3870' (1180m)
  • notes   on silty calcareous soils of flat bolson plain, essentially denuded and converted to scattered mesquite scrub. Thorns notably thick and stout, not acicular; pinna 1-3 pairs crowded with 20+ paired leaflets
  • keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 43
  • photo category: Plant - tree/shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Mezquite, Smooth Mesquite (photographer)
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