Title: Prosopis glandulosa - Wikipedia
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Prosopis glandulosa
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Contents
Distribution
Description
Varieties
Invasive species
Uses
Indigenous peoples
References
External links

Content: Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family ( Fabaceae ). Contents
1 Distribution
2 Description
2.1 Varieties
2.2 Invasive species
3 Uses
3.1 Indigenous peoples
4 References
5 External links
Distribution
The plant is primarily native to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Its range extends on the northeast through Texas and into southern Kansas, and west to southern California. It can be part of the Mesquite Bosque plant association community in the Sonoran Desert ecoregion of California and Arizona (U.S.), and Sonora state (México). Description
Seedpods
Prosopis glandulosa has rounded big and floppy, drooping branches with feathery foliage and straight, paired spines on twigs. This tree normally reaches 20–30 ft (6.1–9.1 m), but can grow as tall as 50 ft (15 m). It is considered to have a medium growth rate. It flowers from March to November, with pale, yellow, elongated spikes and bears straight, yellow seedpods. The seeds are eaten by a variety of animals, such as scaled quail. Other animals, including deer, collared peccaries, coyotes, and jackrabbits, feed on both pods and vegetation.