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Prosopis glandulosa (Texas mesquite; mesquite; Honey Mesquite)

Synonyms: Algarobia glandulosa (homotypic); Dasiogyna glandulosa (homotypic); Neltuma glandulosa (homotypic); Prosopis chilensis var. glandulosa (homotypic); Prosopis juliflora var. glandulosa (homotypic)
Language: German

Wikipedia Abstract

Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family (Fabaceae).
View Wikipedia Record: Prosopis glandulosa

Infraspecies

Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Honey Mesquite) (Attributes)
Prosopis glandulosa var. prostrata (Attributes)
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (Western Honey Mesquite) (Attributes)

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Prosopis glandulosa

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Janka Hardness [3]  2340 lbf (1061 kgf) Hard
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [5]  0.82
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Casa Grande National Monument V 468 Arizona, United States
Grand Canyon National Park II 1210128 Arizona, United States
White Sands National Monument III 139922 New Mexico, United States
Zion National Park II 135667 Utah, United States

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 6Ammotragus lervia, Gary G. Gray and C. David Simpson, Mammalian Species No. 144, pp. 1-7 (1980)
♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 9FOODS OF SCALED QUAIL (CALLIPEPLA SQUAMATA) IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO, TROY L. BEST, The Texas Journal of Science, Vol. XXXVII, Nos. 2&3, September 1985, p. 155-162
♦ 10Chaetodipus nelsoni, Troy L. Best, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 484, pp. 1-6 (1994)
♦ 11Dipodomys elator, Dilford C. Carter, Wm. David Webster, J. Knox Jones, Jr., Clyde Jones, and Royal D. Suttkus, Mammalian Species No. 232, pp. 1-3 (1985)
♦ 12Food Habits of Rodents Inhabiting Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems of Central New Mexico, ANDREW G. HOPE AND ROBERT R. PARMENTER, Special Publication of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, NUMBER 9, pp. 1–75 (2007)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0