PLANTS Profile for Olneya tesota (desert ironwood)

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Olneya tesota A. Gray
desert ironwood

Symbol:

OLTE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, AZ, Phoenix. Usage Requirements.

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Olneya tesota A. Gray

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Distribution:
Olneya tesota A. Gray


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USA (AZ, CA)

Related Taxa:
Olneya tesota A. Gray

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 1 species in Olneya

Classification:
Olneya tesota A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Olneya A. Gray – olneya
Species	Olneya tesota A. Gray – desert ironwood

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Olneya tesota A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
desert ironwood		Salvage Assessed, Harvest Restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Olneya tesota A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26808.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 06:08 AM MDT