Cat Claw Tree Arizona

In late spring the cat s claw produces highly fragrant yellow blooms on spikes.

Cat claw tree arizona.

Up to 23 feet 7 m tall but usually less description. The names mostly originate from the tree s numerous hooked thorns that look like a cat s claw. Desert upland riparian flower color. Catclaw acacia plant characteristics.

During your first encounter with the flora of arizona this ubiquitous shrub will likely find you first the impossibly sharp hooked spines will tug at your clothing and surely scratch and tear any exposed skin. The tree gains its common name. Acacia greggii common name. Later you will cuss a bit as you work to extract the broken off spine tips from.

Cat claw acacia acacia greggii is a small desert tree or large shrub that may grow to be 6 to 25 feet tall depending on water availability. These odd names are all related to the many strong sharp thorns covering this plant. The population in utah at 37 10 n is the northernmost naturally occurring. Senegalia greggii formerly known as acacia greggii is a species of senegalia native to the southwestern united states and northern mexico from the extreme south of utah south through southern nevada southeast california arizona new mexico and western texas to baja california sinaloa and nuevo león in mexico.

Desert cat s claw tree. Tree shrub arizona native status. Spring summer fall height. Cat s claw acacia greggii cat s claw is a small shrubby tree native to the southwestern us states.

The tree is also referred to as catclaw mesquite tear blanket wait a minute tree and catclaw acacia. Perennial deciduous growth habit. Pale yellow cream flowering season. The tree has many different names such as catclaw acacia catclaw mesquite gregg s catclaw devil s claw paradise flower wait a minute tree and wait a bit tree.

Native to the southwest cat s claw is an extremely fast growing vine that sticks to block or stucco walls. The catclaw tree comes from the genus acacia.