Blue palo verde (Cercidium floridum) grows mostly along washes. From Wordnik.com. [Seed dispersal of desert plants] Reference
Typical species are Acacia tortuosa, Bourreria cumanensis, Cercidium praecox, and Hibiscus tiliaceus. From Wordnik.com. [Coastal Venezuelan mangroves] Reference
Understory species include Caesalpinia paraguarensis, Cercidium australis, Jodina rhombifolia, Ruprechtia triflora and Castella cocinea. From Wordnik.com. [Arid Chaco] Reference
A couple of exceptions are brittlebush when it occurs in pure stands, and extensive woodlands of foothill palo verde (Cercidium microphyllum). From Wordnik.com. [Adaptations of desert plants] Reference
The tetecho (Neobuxbaumia tetetzo) have a well-developed lower stratum composed of Mimosa luisana, Prosopis laevigata, Cercidium praecoxs, and Acacia coulteri, among others. From Wordnik.com. [Tehuacán Valley matorral] Reference
Away from the Gulf influence in the area surrounding the Pinacate Encelia farinosa, Larrea tridentata, and cacti species such as Olneya, Cercidium, Prosopis, and Fouquieria again dominate the desert. From Wordnik.com. [Sonoran desert] Reference
It has also been demonstrated that ironwood (Olneya tesota) and palo verde (Cercidium floridum) nursing relationships promote diversification and increase richness of other plants in arid ecosystems. From Wordnik.com. [Sonoran desert] Reference
Species that serve to separate the Mojave from the Sonoran desert include such widespread Sonoran species as ironwood (Olneya tesota), blue Palo Verde (Cercidium florium), and chuparosa (Justica californica). From Wordnik.com. [Mojave desert] Reference
The largest individuals are found in these habitats, often forming woodlands with other desert trees including Cercidium floridum, Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana, P. velutina, Acacia greggii, and others (Felger 1992). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 29] Reference
Lower elevation areas are dominated by dense communities of creosote and white bursage, but on slopes and higher portions of bajadas, subtrees such as palo verde (Cercidium floridum, C. microphyllum) and ironwood (Olneya tesota), saguaros (Carnegiea gigantia), and other tall cacti are abundant. From Wordnik.com. [Sonoran desert] Reference
Some examples are associations of Stronium graveolens with Tabebuia billbergii, Haematoxylon brasiletto with Melochia tomentosa, Libidibia coriaria with Cordia curassavica, Bursera glabra with Castela erecta, Vitex cymosa with Libidibia coraria, Mimosa cabrera with Cordia curassavica, Bursera tomentosa with Bursera graveolens, and Castela erecta with Cercidium praecox. From Wordnik.com. [Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub] Reference
Characteristic Sonoran species on the islands are the palo verde Cercidium spp., elephant tree Bursera microphylla, desert ironwood Olneya tesota, limberbush Jatropha spp., ocatillo Fouquieria diguetti, white bursage Ambrosia spp. and cacti such as the columnar cardon Pachycerus pringlei, viejito Mammillaria capensis, cholla Opuntia cholla and prickly pears Opuntia spp. From Wordnik.com. [Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico] Reference
Cercidium sp. From Wordnik.com. [Araya and Paria xeric scrub] Reference
Castela erecta, Cercidium praecox, Croton rhamnifolius, Eugenia sp. From Wordnik.com. [Lara-Falcón dry forests] Reference
Some of the flora species are Caesalpinia conaria, Capparis coccolobifolia, C. brasiletto, Cercidium praecox, Chloroleucon mangense, Coccoloba ramosissima, Jacquinia sp. From Wordnik.com. [Apure-Villavicencio dry forests] Reference
The most notable species are: Prosopis juliflora, Castella erecta, Ritterocereus griseus, Opuntia caracasana, Crotom rhamnifolius, Ipomea carnea, Subpilosocereus attonis, Cercidium praecox, and others. From Wordnik.com. [Paraguana xeric scrub] Reference
The thorn forest is dense, and includes Bourreria cumanensis, Caesalpinia conaria, Capparis coccolobifolia, C. brasiletto, Cereus hexagonus, Cercidium praecox, Chloroleucon mangense, Coccoloba ramosissima, Erythroxylum sp. From Wordnik.com. [La Costa xeric shrublands] Reference
The most frequent species are: Castella erecta, Prosopis juliflora, Cercidium praecox, Borreria cumanensis, Pithecelobium dulce, Acacia tortuosa, A. fluexuosa, Ritterocerus deficiens, Opuntia caribea, Ipomea carnea, Crotom rhamnifolius, Ipomea carnea, Indigosfera suffruticosa, Teprosia senna, Aristida venesuelae, Calotropis procera, Capraria biflora, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Paraguana xeric scrub] Reference
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