[[File:Mesquite Bosque Sahuarita Arizona 2014.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Mesquite Bosque south of [[Tucson, Arizona]].]] '''Mesquite Bosque''' is a [[Association (ecology)|vegetative association]] within the [[Southwestern United States]], under the [[A.W. Kuchler|Kuchler scheme]] of plant association categories.
==Geography== The Mesquite Bosque association occurs in the [[Sonoran Desert]], with [[Prosopis|mesquite (''Prosopis'' spp.)]] dominating. In some cases, this plant association is along [[xeric]] portions of desert [[floodplain]]s, [[Bajada (geography)|bajada]]s, and [[Arroyo (creek)|arroyo]]s.<ref name=scott2002/>
==Plant species== The mesquite (''Prosopis'') species include: *[[Prosopis velutina|Velvet mesquite - ''Prosopis velutina'']] *[[Prosopis pubescens|Screwbean mesquite - ''Prosopis pubescens'']] - "Tornillo" *[[Prosopis glandulosa|Honey mesquite - ''Prosopis glandulosa'']]
Other species include: *[[Acacia greggii|Catclaw acacia - ''Acacia greggii'']] *[[Populus fremontii|Fremont cottonwood - ''Populus fremontii'']] *[[Phoradendron californicum|Desert mistletoe - ''Phoradendron californicum'']] *[[Washingtonia filifera|California fan palm - ''Washingtonia filifera'']] - the Mesquite Bosque association is one of the Kuchler scheme designation areas where this [[endangered]] palm may occur.<ref name=hogan2009/>
==Gallery== <gallery widths="180px"> File:Looking North Into The Mesquite Bosque at the DNR.png|Looking North Into The Mesquite Bosque at the [[Desert National Wildlife Refuge|DNR]] File:2020-05-31-bosque-west-02.png|Looking west into the Mesquite Bosque at the DNR File:1920s Cabin Built of Railroad Ties in The Mesquite Bosque at the DNR.png|1920s Cabin Built of Railroad Ties in The Mesquite Bosque at the DNR File:Northwest Looking View of the DNR Mesquite Bosque.png|Northwest Looking View of the DNR Mesquite Bosque File:Bosque Interface With Sage.png|Bosque Interface With Sage File:Westward look of the Mesquite Bosque at the DNR.png|Westward look of the Mesquite Bosque at the DNR File:Branches of the Honey Mesquite in the Mesquite Bosque.png|Branches of the Honey Mesquite in the Mesquite Bosque File:Honey Mesquite Flowers in the DBR's Mesquite Bosque.png|Honey Mesquite Flowers in the DBR's Mesquite Bosque File:Mesquite Bosque at The Desert National Wildlife Refuge.webm|Mesquite Bosque at The Desert National Wildlife Refuge File:Mesquite Bosque near the China Ranch Date Farm.webm|Mesquite Bosque near the China Ranch Date Farm </gallery>
==See also== * [[Bosque]] * [[Tamaulipan mezquital]]
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=hogan2009>C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090930184850/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=90942 ''California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg]</ref> <ref name=scott2002>J. Michael Scott, Patricia J. Heglund, Michael L. Morrison. 2002. ''Predicting species occurrences: issues of accuracy and scale'', Island Press, {{ISBN|978-1-55963-787-9}}. 868 pages</ref> }}
[[Category:Plant communities of the Western United States]] [[Category:Flora of Mexico|.Mesquite Bosque]] [[Category:Deserts and xeric shrublands]]