Cat Claw Tree Arizona

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.

Cat claw tree arizona.

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. Catclaw acacia plant characteristics. Desert upland riparian flower color. The tree gains its common name.

The names mostly originate from the tree s numerous hooked thorns that look like a cat s claw. The population in utah at 37 10 n is the northernmost naturally occurring. Extremely durable and heat tolerant the cat s claw can be used as a screen barrier or desert accent. The catclaw tree comes from the genus acacia.

Spring summer fall height. 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. Later you will cuss a bit as you work to extract the broken off spine tips from. Cat s claw acacia greggii cat s claw is a small shrubby tree native to the southwestern us states.

The flowers are densely clustered on. These odd names are all related to the many strong sharp thorns covering this plant. Pale yellow cream flowering season. Perennial deciduous growth habit.

In late spring the cat s claw produces highly fragrant yellow blooms on spikes. Native to the southwest cat s claw is an extremely fast growing vine that sticks to block or stucco walls. Mature acacia greggii pod observed along mesquite wash maricopa co arizona august 2009. Desert cat s claw tree.

Tree shrub arizona native status. The tree is also referred to as catclaw mesquite tear blanket wait a minute tree and catclaw acacia.