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Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Prosopis velutina - velvet mesquite

Synonyms: Neltuma velutina, Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis chilensis var. velutina, Prosopis juliflora var. articulata (see http://swbi)

Other Common Names: mesquite

Plant Form:Tree

Family: Fabaceae


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Plant Description Origin: Native General Description: Deciduous. Large shrub or small tree with low hanging branches. When undisturbed typically has 1 dominant trunk, but when grazed or cut back several crooked and arching stems develop into a broad round crown. Identification notes: Thorny single or multiple trunked tree; branches often crooked, arched, rough shreddy bark. Leaves alternate, twice compound, 9 to 30 pairs of leaflets. Stout, straight paired spines on either side of leaves. Flowers are spike-like clusters. Height: 30 feet Width: 15 to 30 feet Habitat Habitat Description: Common along washes, in bottomlands, on slopes and mesas. Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland Elevation: 0 - 5000 feet Flowers Color: Yellowish-green Shape: Irregular in elongated clusters Tubular: N Flowering Period: Mar - Aug Description: Flowers are small and fragrant in slender cylindrical clusters to 6 inches long. Leaves Leaf Color: Green Type: Compound Shape: Round or oval Margin: Smooth Attachment: Alternate Hairs: Top and bottom of leaves Description: A central stalk of each leaf splits into 2 stalks each with 10 to 20 leaflets. Leaflets are 1/4 to 1/2 inch long and leaves are 3 to 6 inches long. Leaflets have a slightly fuzzy texture due to a covering of short gray hairs. Fruit Color: Light brown Type: Pod Description: Straight pods occur singly or in drooping clusters, 3 to 7 inches long, tubular and bean-like, short pointed, slightly constricted between seeds, ripening in mid to late summer. Bark/Branches Bark Color: Grayish-brown Bark Texture (Mature): Shreddy or peeling Bark and Branch Description: Newer bark is reddish-brown. Outer older bark is grayish-brown and rough; shreddy to scaly. Stout yellow thorns are about 1/4 to 1 inch long and generally occur in pairs on young branches. Spines, thorns or prickles: Y


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