Prosopis glandulosa

A common spiny shrub of low desert, especially along washes.

Stems with inflorescences near The Chimneys at Big Bend National Park, 3/23/06.

Plant habit near The Chimneys at Big Bend, 3/23/06.

An inflorescence near The Chimneys, 3/23/06.

Backlit branches with young leaves and immature inflorescences in the Chisos Mts. at Big Bend, 3/21/06.

Young plants showing the effects of erosion in sandy soil, near Flat Lake, 10 Feb 2007.

Plant habit in Bouteloua eriopoda/Gutierrezia microcephala grassland, Jornada del Muerto, 15 Dec 2007.