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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Thorn-tree Subfamily
  8. Hook-Thorns

genus

Hook-Thorns

Senegalia

Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Catclaw Acacia native
  • Roundflower Catclaw native
  • Common Hook-thorn Acacia
  • Guajillo native
  • Knobthorn
  • Gum Acacia
  • Monkey Thorn
  • Senegalia bonariensis
  • Wright Acacia native
  • Catechu
  • White-stem Thorn
  • Climbing Acacia
  • River Climbing Thorn
  • Catch-and-Keep
  • Senegalia brevispica
  • Senegalia pentagona
  • Senegalia × emoryana

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native hook-thorns All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Catclaw Acacia Senegalia greggii caterpillars 8 hosts 5 food 7 flowers 70 shelter 3
  • Roundflower Catclaw Senegalia roemeriana caterpillars 1 flowers 2
  • Wright Acacia Senegalia wrightii food 1 flowers 3
  • Guajillo Senegalia berlandieri flowers 6

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