The honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) ... Mesquites have distinctive, alternate, bi-pinnately compound leaves and 0.5 to 3 inch spines on nodes near the leaf bases. Small, ...

By Debbie Roland and. Emmy Ulmschneider. Master Gardeners. Mention the name mesquite and most Texans will roll their eyes! But under the right conditions mesquites are an excellent landscape tree ...

Pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla), aka single-leaf pinyon, is one of Nevada’s state trees. The other is Bristlecone pine, which is not something one finds in a home or commercial landscape.