UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR-BPS-201787
UCR-201787
Olneya tesota A. Gray
Fabaceae
A.C. Sanders
36167
2009-01-28
2009-1-28
United States, California, Imperial, 0.9 mile (air) west of Ogilby Rd., 4.5 miles (air) SE of the closest point on Hwy 78, 5.3 miles (air) SE of Mesquite Mine, 5.8 miles (air) NE of Ruthven Siding on RR
32.98192 -114.91148
182 meters (597ft)
Alluvial slope; narrow wash bordered by desert pavement; with Olneya, Ambrosia dumosa, Larrea, Fouquieria, Simmondsia, Hibiscus den., etc.
Sterile
Uncommon 4-5 m trees. Pale bark. All leafy and look healthy, not drought-stressed -- using soil moisture at depth from rains last fall? More common (dominant) and larger on nearby large wash. Widespread and often visually dominant in region -- common on all larger washes.