Mesquite Bosque is a vegetative association within the

Southwestern United States The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...

, under the Kuchler scheme of plant association categories.

Geography

The Mesquite Bosque association occurs in the

Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert ( es, Desierto de Sonora) is a desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona ...

, with mesquite (''Prosopis'' spp.) dominating. In some cases, this plant association is along

xeric Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Deserts and xeric (ancient Greek xērós, “dry") shrublands form the largest terrestrial biome, covering 19% of Earth's land surface area. Ecoregions in this h ...

portions of desert

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

s, bajadas, and

arroyo Arroyo often refers to: * Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek Arroyo may also refer to: People * Arroyo (surname) Places United States ;California * Arroyo Burro Beach, a public beach park in Santa Barbara County, California * Arroyo ...

Plant species

The mesquite (''Prosopis'') species include: * Velvet mesquite - ''Prosopis velutina'' * Screwbean mesquite - ''Prosopis pubescens'' - "Tornillo" * Honey mesquite - ''Prosopis glandulosa'' Other species include: * Catclaw acacia - ''Acacia greggii'' * Fremont cottonwood - ''Populus fremontii'' * Desert mistletoe - ''Phoradendron californicum'' * California fan palm - ''Washingtonia filifera'' - the Mesquite Bosque association is one of the Kuchler scheme designation areas where this

endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inva ...

palm may occur.

Gallery

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References

{{Reflist, refs= C. Michael Hogan. 2009
''California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
/ref> 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 Plant communities of the Western United States .Mesquite Bosque Deserts and xeric shrublands

Geography

Plant species

Gallery

See also

References