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Mesquite

Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana · Neltuma odorata · western honey mesquite

The basin’s wash mesquites: honey mesquite on many lots, screwbean in the hotter channels.

Western honey mesquite with a spreading crown — Photo by sonnia hill · CC BY 2.0

In the basin

Western honey mesquite is the usual planted and wash tree; screwbean (Prosopis pubescens) shows in hotter channels. Names are moving — Calflora currently files the honey mesquite as Neltuma odorata. Both host desert mistletoe. Thorns and surface roots are the yard facts; leave wild wash trees in the channel. Wikipedia and Calflora have the split.

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