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Prosopis velutina

Velvet Mesquite

Flowering branches of Prosopis velutina, in Cottonwood, Arizona

Flowering branches; pen for scale.
Cottonwood: Near the end of South 14th Street (a dead end), behind the Arizona
Motor Vehicle Division office on 12th Street, at ca. 3370 feet elevation.

13 June 2007.

 

Flowering branches of Prosopis velutina, in Cottonwood, Arizona

Flowering branches.
Same shrub shown in prior image.

13 June 2007.

 

Habit of Prosopis velutina, in Cottonwood, Arizona

Habit and habitat, hat for scale.
Same shrub as in prior images.
Motor Vehicle Division office in background, with Mingus Mountain on horizon.

13 June 2007.

 

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann.

This page created 13 June 2007.

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