slgwv's photos with the keyword: mesquite

With young fanglomerates, related to movement on the San Andreas Fault, in the background. The mesquites, genus Prosopsis , are probably either P. glandulosa , honey mesquite, or P. pubescens , screwbean mesquite, based on the area of occurrence. Mesquite is commonly parasitized by the desert mistletoe ( Phoradendron californicum ), which makes the brownish clusters of twigs among the green mesquite branches. The inset shows a close-up of a mistletoe infestation on a separate individual. Orocopia Mountains Wilderness Area, California.

On a mesquite tree (genus Prosopsis ), in Hidden Spring Wash, Orocopia Mountains Wilderness Area, California.

On partly stabilized sand dunes, Mojave Desert, California, looking south from just off the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad. Kind of a stressed environment--

Flotsam piled against a mesquite, when the Mojave River was carrying considerably more water than it is now-- Mojave Desert, California.

Another iconic shrub of the desert Southwest. Off US 93 about 15 miles north of Kingman, Arizona--map location is approximate.