Title: 
Headings: MESQUITE TREES
MESQUITE
 
TREES
 

Content: The
 
mesquite
 
grows
 
in
 
the
 
northern
 
parts
 
of
 
Mexico
 
including
 
the
 
Chihuahuan
 
Desert,
 
a
 
mountainous
 
desert
 
region
 
that
 
is
 
on
 
the
 
US-Mexico
 
border. The
 
mesquite
 
thrives
 
from
 
its
 
Mexican
 
range
 
all
 
the
 
way
 
through
 
Texas
 
and
 
up
 
into
 
the
 
southwestern
 
portions
 
of
 
Kansas. It
 
extends
 
from
 
the
 
Sonoran
 
Desert
 
in
 
southern
 
California
 
to
 
southwestern
 
Utah. Most
 
of
 
the
 
places
 
that
 
you
 
will
 
find
 
mesquite
 
trees
 
in
 
have
 
a
 
low
 
annual
 
rainfall. There
 
are
 
three
 
types
 
of
 
mesquite
 
tree
 
that
 
grow
 
in
 
this
 
region. One
 
is
 
the
 
honey
 
mesquite,
 
another
 
is
 
the
 
screwbean
 
mesquite,
 
and
 
finally
 
there
 
is
 
the
 
velvet
 
mesquite. The
 
honey
 
mes-
quite
 
gets
 
its
 
name
 
from
 
its
 
fragrant
 
flowers. The
 
screwbean
 
mesquite
 
is
 
so
 
named
 
because
 
it
 
has
 
screw-like
 
pods. The
 
velvet
 
mesquite
 
has
 
leaflets
 
which
 
feel
 
velvety
 
to
 
the
 
touch. The
 
honey
 
mesquite
 
can
 
grow
 
to
 
20
 
feet
 
in
 
height
 
with
 
a
 
trunk
 
that
 
is
 
a
 
foot
 
in
 
diameter.