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<H1><I>Parkinsonia florida</I></H1>

<H2>Blue Palo Verde</H2>

<P><CENTER><IMG SRC="Cercidium floridum fl det 18Oct04.jpg" ALT="Flower detail of Parkinsonia florida, near Burro Creek Recreation Area, BLM."></P>

<P>Flower detail from image below.
<BR>Along bridge over Burro Creek near Burro Creek Recreation Area, Bureau of Land Management, Mohave County.</BR></P>

<P>18 October 2004.</P>
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<P><IMG SRC="Cercidium floridum fls br 18Oct04.jpg" ALT="Flowers and foliage of Parkinsonia florida, near Burro Creek Recreation Area, BLM."></P>

<P>Flowers and foliage.
<BR>Same location as prior image.</BR></P>

<P>18 October 2004.</P>
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<P><IMG SRC="Cercidium floridum fr br 18Oct04.jpg" ALT="Fruiting branches of Parkinsonia florida, near Burro Creek Recreation Area, BLM."></P>

<P>Fruiting branches.
<BR>Same location as prior image.</BR></P>

<P>18 October 2004.</P>
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<P><IMG SRC="Cercidium floridum fr det 1 18Oct04.jpg" ALT="Pod of Parkinsonia florida, near Burro Creek Recreation Area, BLM."><IMG SRC="Cercidium floridum fr det 2 18Oct04.jpg" ALT="Pod  of Parkinsonia florida, near Burro Creek Recreation Area, BLM."></P>

<P>Details of pods.
<BR>Same location as prior image.</BR></P>

<P>18 October 2004.</P>
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<P><IMG SRC="Cercidium floridum habit 17Oct04 1222p.jpg" ALT="Habit of Parkinsonia florida, Haviland Rest Area, Interstate 40, Mohave County."></P>

<P>Habit.
<BR>Haviland Rest Area, Interstate 40, Mohave County, at ca. 1740 feet elevation.</BR></P>

<P>17 October 2004.</P>
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<P><IMG SRC="Cercidium floridum branches det 17Oct04 1228p.jpg" ALT="Branches of Parkinsonia florida, Haviland Rest Area, Interstate 40, Mohave County."></P>

<P>Green trunks and branches.
<BR>Same tree as in prior image.</BR></P>

<P>17 October 2004.</P>
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<P><IMG SRC="Cercidium floridum lfy branches 17Oct04 1225p 675x.jpg" ALT="Leafy branches of Parkinsonia florida, Haviland Rest Area, Interstate 40, Mohave County."></P>

<P>Leafy branches; same tree as in prior two images.</P>

<P>17 October 2004.</P>
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<P>Photographs copyright &#169 Lee Dittmann.</P>

<CENTER><P>This page created 25 December 2004; revised 28 July 2005 and 22 July 2006.</P>

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