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USDA NRCS Plants Database; Honey mesquite, Screwbean mesquite, and Western mesquite at Texas A&M's Plant Answers; Honey mesquite at the Texas Tree Planting Guide; AgNews article on wood to ethanol using mesquite; Health Benefits of Mesquite; Rogers, Ken E. (2000). The Magnificent Mesquite. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-77105-5. OCLC ...
Girdled pecan twig Twig girdler on pecan twig This beetle is widely known for the damage it causes to pecan plantations, but also to lumber trees such as hickory , oak , poplar and elm . In late summer and fall, the adult female girdles small branches, 1 ⁄ 4 -to- 1 ⁄ 2 -inch (6.4 to 12.7 mm) diameter, with its mandibles, cutting through the ...
A twig girdler (Oncideres cingulata) can seriously affect reproduction by killing back the tops of seedlings and sprouts. Both standing dead trees and freshly cut logs are highly susceptible to attacks by numerous species of wood borers.
A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre
By Mike Stone. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army inaugurated its new Universal Artillery Projectile Lines facility in Mesquite, Texas, on Wednesday, marking a significant step in producing more ...
The hickory spiral borer kills many seedlings and young trees, and the pecan carpenterworm degrades both trees and logs. The twig girdler (Oncideres cingulata) attacks both small and large trees; it seriously deforms trees by sawing branches. Sometimes, these girdlers cut hickory seedlings near ground level.
Satellite images released Monday show the devastation wrought by a series of wildfires in the Texas Panhandle, including that of the largest wildfire in state history, which is still largely ...