North American Warm Desert Riparian Mesquite Bosque (Not Mapped)

Geology

Quaternary alluvium.

Landform

Floodplain.

Soils

Bottomland.

Parent Description

Though occurrences of this system have been reported in the Trans-Pecos, none were mapped. The system is reported to occur, or to have historically occurred along the Rio Grande and is/was dominated by Prosopis glandulosa (honey mesquite) forming a woodland canopy. Modification of the flood cycle and introduction of Tamarix spp. (saltcedars) may have influenced the distribution of this system on the Rio Grande.