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Olneya tesota is a perennial flowering tree of the family Fabaceae, legumes (peas, beans, etc.), which is commonly known as ironwood, desert ironwood, or palo fierro in Spanish. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Olneya. This tree is part of the western Sonoran Desert in Mexico and United States.
Acacia estrophiolata, commonly known as ironwood, [1] southern ironwood, [2] desert ironwood [3] or utjanypa, [4] is a tree native to Central Australia. Description
Ironwood is a common name for many woods that have a reputation for hardness, or specifically a wood density that is denser than water (approximately 1000 kg/m 3, or 62 pounds per cubic foot), although usage of the name ironwood in English may or may not indicate a tree that yields such heavy wood.
Seri ironwood carving. Mexican ironwood carving is a Mexican tradition of carving the wood of the Olneya tesota tree, a Sonora Desert tree commonly called ironwood (palo fierro in Spanish). Olneya tesota is a slow growing important shade tree in northwest Mexico and the southwest U.S. The wood it produces is very dense and sinks in water.
Two new trees, the Desert Ironwood and the Mimosa Silk, might be headed to the game sometime soon. FarmVille Feed. Amidst its second birthday and an upcoming Storage revamp, Zynga's taken the time ...
The desert ironwood (Olneya tesota) is a very long-lived tree, with some specimens estimated to be more than 800 years old. [4] Desert ironwood is a keystone species because it provides a nursery environment of shade and protection that enables young seedlings of other species to become established despite the harsh desert climate, where ...
Black ironwood (Krugiodendron ferreum) Black ironwood, olive (Olea spp.) Lebombo ironwood Androstachys johnsonii; Catalina ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus) Ceylon ironwood (Mesua ferrea) Desert ironwood (Olneya tesota) Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica) Brazilian ironwood, pau ferro (Caesalpinia ferrea) Yellow lapacho (Tabebuia serratifolia)
These include the Western Diamond-backed, Mohave Desert Sidewinder, Colorado Desert Sidewinder, Southern Pacific, Great Basin, Red Diamond, and Panamint rattlesnakes. All seven species are ...