understory species 0.49 -0.16 -0.36 % plant cover -0.30 0.36 0.59 % sand or silt 0.40 0.16 0.06 % small rock -0.60 -0.41 -0.17 % medium rock 0.12 0.49 -0.09 % large rock 0.15 -0.40 0.44 Major tree species (a) Major shrub species (b) Major understory species (c) Eigenvalue 1.79 1.32 1.12 % variance explained 22.36 16.51 14.06 (a) PADI, Pachycormus discolor; FOSP, Fouquieria spp.; BUMI, Bursera hindsiana; BUMI, Bursera microphylla; OLTE, Olneva tesota; CEMI,
Cercidium microphyllum; PAPR, Pachycereus pringlei.
The canopy species, Texas paloverde (
Cercidium texanum) and bufflegrass (Cenchrus ciliaris), accounted for the largest departures from random for the spatial distribution of bladderpods.
T glandulosa Screwbean Prosopis pubescens T Mulberry, White Morus alba T Olive, European Olea europaea T Pagoda tree, Japanese Sophora japonica T Paloverde Blue
Cercidium floridum T Little leaf
Cercidium microphyllum T Mexican Parkinsonia aculeata T Pine Aleppo Pinus halepensis T Digger Pinus sabiniana T Italian stone Pinus pinea T Japanese black Pinus thunbergii T Pinyon Pinus cembroides T Pistache, Chinese Pistacia chinensis T Poplar Balm-of-Gilead Populus balsamifera T Bolleana Populus alba var.
Examples of nonthirsty plants include palo verde (
Cercidium sp.
In their native habitat, these trees, such as the Paloverde tree (
Cercidium floridum), hawthorns (Crataegus), and others, often develop included bark in branch unions.
Herbivore-limited establishment of a Sonoran Desert tree,
Cercidium microphyllum.
Other abundant plants include creosote bushes (Larrea, Zygophyllaceae), mimosoid legumes such as mesquites (Prosopis), acacias (Acacia), caesalpinoid legumes such as Jerusalem thorn (Parkinsonia), palo verde (
Cercidium), Fabaceae such as chanar (Geoffroea), desert ironwood (Olneya), tarbrush, (Flourensia, Aster-aceae), and frankenias (Frankenia, Frankeniaceae).
velutina (Woot.) Sarg., and
Cercidium australe (I.M.
limbatus, females ovipositing on
Cercidium floridum, a relatively poor-quality host plant, produce larger daughters that in turn produce larger and faster developing granddaughters, as compared to females ovipositing on Acacia greggii (a relatively high-quality host plant) (Fox et al.
Most pods (70%) of
Cercidium floridum (Leguminosae) contain only one seed even though ovaries contain 8.2 [+ or -] 0.18 (mean [+ or -] SE) ovules.
Los conjuntos de indicadores estuvieron conformados por: Inundaciones (Copernicia alba, Cyperaceae y Juncaginaceae), Incendios (Acacia aroma, Acacia caven, Acacia praecox, Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco, Bromelia, Prosopis rucsifolia, Schinus y Trithrinax), Pastoreo (Abutilon, Acacia aroma, Acacia caven, Acacia praecox, Capparicordis,
Cercidium praecox, Chamissoa, Gomphrena, Nicotiana glauca, Prosopis kuntzei, Prosopis ruscifolia y Solanum, Urticaceae) y Malezas de cultivo (Abutilon, Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae, Ambrosia, Nicotiana glauca, Solidago chilensis y Urticacea).
Cercidium - spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde