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Fabaceae
Desert Ironwood Flower
Olneya tesota
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- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Olneya
- Native to
- Southwestern United States, Northwestern Mexico
- Bloom season
- Late Spring, Early Summer
- Type
- Tree
- Height
- 6-10 meters
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Sandy, well-drained
- Water
- Low
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Did you know
- Desert ironwood trees can live over 800 years, making them among the oldest desert plants.
- The wood is so dense it sinks in water and can dull chainsaw blades.
- Ironwood trees serve as nurse plants, sheltering over 500 species of plants and animals.
- Seri people of Mexico carved the extremely hard wood into beautiful animal figurines.
- When an ironwood tree dies, its skeleton can persist in the desert for over 1,000 years.
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