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Forestiera neomexicana - spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits

desert olive, tanglebush

forestiera - any plant of the genus Forestiera

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The modified classification system also represents the general species of plants present (e.g., native, mixed, or exotic), consisting of species such as willow, cottonwood, saltcedar, Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia), New Mexico olive (Forestiera neomexicana), and seep willow (Baccharis salicifolia).

Home range and use of habitat of western yellow-billed cuckoos on the middle Rio Grande, New Mexico

fremontii), hopseed bush (Dodonaea viscosa), Texas mountain laurel (Sophora secundiflora), or New Mexican privet (Forestiera neomexicana).

What to do in the southwest October

The understory included seepwillow (Baccharis glutinosa Pers.), New Mexico olive (Forestiera neomexicana Gray), low densities of other shrubs, and a patchy herbaceous layer.

Short-term effects of annual flooding on a population of Peromyscus leucopus in a Rio Grande riparian forest of Central New Mexico

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