The wood stakes and branches are from mesquite (Prosopis laevigata), granjeno or desert hackberry (Celtis pallida) and huisache (Acacia farnesiana), species that are abundant inside and outside the alluvial fan.
Reyes-Reyes BG, Zamora-Villafranco E, Reyes-Reyes ML, Frias-Hernandez Jr, Olalde-Portugal V, Dendooven L (2003) Decomposition of leaves of huisache (Acacia tortuoso) and mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in soil of the central highlands of Mexico.
Sin embargo se ha escaseado por la tala desorganizada, obligando a la utilizacion de lena de otras especies, como el roble (Quercus Rugosa) y el huisache (Acacia Farnesiana) para el fuego.
The terrain was thick with prickly pear cactus, huisache, catsclaw, mesquite and guajillo and harbored an amazing amount of wildlife besides whitetails.
"The low water in 2011 to 2013 allowed for a jungle-like growth or huisache, mesquite, acacia, and salt cedar on the exposed reservoir bottom." Flooding of this vegetation provided the cover needed for high survival of young bass spawned or stocked in 2014 and 2015.
Riparian habitats included riparian woodlands dominated by Mexican ash Fraxinus berlandieriana and huisache Acacia farnesiana, and the riparian floodplain was dominated by gulf cordgrass Spartina spartinae and spiny aster Aster spinosa (Harveson 1997, Harveson et al.