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Schaffner's acacia

Vachellia schaffneri

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 30, February 56, March 112, April 163, May 90, June 96, July 77, August 48, September 46, October 61, November 25, December 32.
Mexico836
Guanajuato238
Aguascalientes87
Mexico84
Queretaro de Arteaga75
San Luis Potosi73
United States67
Texas66
Durango65
Zacatecas33

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusthorn trees · Vachellia

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