The lush green heart of the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve (bigmorongo.org) is home to great old mesquite groves that have thrived for millennia on fault seep moisture. Here in the low west end of ...

If plants were capable of expressing emotions similar to humans, area mesquite trees might literally turn green with envy and become jealous of another area leguminous tree species. This inhabitant of ...

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – Sand dunes covered with thickets of honey mesquite trees normally form oases bristling with desert wildlife. Insects, lizards and birds take shelter among the thorny branches, and ...

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – Swarms of little dark beetles with long antennas and a Velcro-like grasp have been spotted around Sierra Vista in the last couple of weeks. These are the same critters ...

I was traveling between Fort Worth and Abilene and noticed the mesquite trees all looked yellow and some almost dead. Is this something caused by disease or what? They were like this for miles. The ...

SAN ANTONIOSAN ANTONIO — Ranch manager Farron Sultemeier calls the mesquite a blessing and a curse. The San Antonio Express-News reports this most iconic of Texas trees is a blessing because the beans ...

Providing a vast expanse of green space helps absorb the harmful carbon dioxide, but greenery may sometimes be harmful or fatal. ALBAWABA - Providing a vast expanse of green space helps absorb the ...

Q: I have an area about 15 feet by 12 feet that is bordered on two sides by sidewalk on the south side of my house. I have an 8-year-old thornless mesquite tree planted in this area. I am worried ...

Q: A mesquite tree beside my driveway is getting new leaves, but I noticed a couple of dead branches among the greenery. They snapped off easily at a point where they appeared to have been neatly ...

Large clouds of dust filled the air as the bulky machine lumbered down the field, gobbling up every mesquite tree in its path. Farmers and ranchers smiled as they watched their pesky nemesis being ...

Mesquite is mostly thought of as a shrubby, weedy tree that dots landscapes throughout the drier regions of the state, needing very little water or care to thrive. While some have come to value the ...