Title: All About Mesquite or Devil Trees - Dengarden
Headings: All About Mesquite or Devil Trees
All About Mesquite or Devil Trees
Why Are They Called Devil Trees?
Area and Physical Traits of the Mesquite Tree
Mesquite Tree and Thorns
How Brian Almost Lost His Eye (Under 4 minutes)
Mesquite Seedpods
Did You Know?
Mesquite seedpods have a sweet outer coating that is delicious to chew. The seedpods can get up to 10 inches long.
Do Mesquite Trees Come in Male and Female Varieties, and Are They Toxic?
Interesting Item About the Mesquite Seedpods
The Mesquite Tree Has Soft, Silky Leaves, and Giant Mesquite Bugs
What Are Mesquite Trees Good For?
Mesquite Trees Are Winning the War With Ranchers
Texas Is Not the Most Hospitable Place
Survival Traits of the Mesquite Tree
Mesquite Tree Growing in Its Natural Environment
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Questions & Answers
© 2013 C E Clark
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Content: Mesquite trees vary considerably in size. They can reach up to 50 feet tall with a branch spread of 40 feet or more, or they can turn into a shrub with many trunks. Yes, strange, I agree. The reason a young mesquite tree will sometimes turn into a shrub is that it forks very close to the ground and if anything damages one of its new shoots—an animal or severe weather—the tree then evolves into a sprawling shrub closer to the ground instead of a tall tree. Sometimes it turns into a mesquite forest because the shrub expands so far. While the honey mesquite tree has creamy white fluffy flowers from early spring all through summer into fall, and delicate, feathery leaves similar to those on the mimosa tree (my favorite tree), it also has thorns that are 3 inches long coming out of the base of its leaf stems. Those thorns are “tough as nails” according to Mary G. Ramos, self-described “editor emerita,” writing for Texas State Historical Association Texas Almanac. Plenty of animals and people have experienced just how vicious they can be. Mesquite Tree and Thorns
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The clumps of green you see in this mesquite tree are mistletoe. Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that frequently grows in all trees in Texas.