Mesquite Bosque

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]

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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