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Parkinsonia florida, the blue palo verde (syn. Cercidium floridum), is a species of palo verde native to the Sonoran Deserts in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. [1][2] Its name means "green pole or stick" in Spanish, referring to the green trunk and branches, that perform photosynthesis.
Parkinsonia aculeata may be a spiny shrub or a small tree. It grows 2 to 8 m (6.6 to 26.2 ft) high, with a maximum height of 10 metres (33 ft). Palo verde may have single or multiple stems and many branches with pendulous leaves. The leaves and stems are hairless. The leaves are alternate and pennate (15 to 20 cm long).
Parkinsonia microphylla is a bristling, upright-branching tree. The species is slow-growing, sometimes living for several hundred years. It typically grows to heights of around 5 metres (16 ft), although rarely it can reach 6–7 metres (20–23 ft) tall. The leaves are yellowish green, and during extensively dry and hot periods the tree will ...
Rhetinophloeum viride H.Karst. Parkinsonia praecox (syn. Cercidium praecox), the palo brea or Sonoran palo verde, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [3] It is native to the dry Neotropics from Mexico to Argentina. [2] A small tree reaching 6 to 9 m (20 to 30 ft), it is usually a bit wider than it is tall.
Parkinsonia / ˌpɑːrkɪnˈsoʊniə /, also Cercidium / sərˈsɪdiəm /, [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains about 12 species that are native to semi- desert regions of Africa and the Americas. The name of the genus honors English apothecary and botanist John Parkinson (1567–1650). [4]
California Edison (15.8%) The Palo Verde Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located near Tonopah, Arizona, [5] in western Arizona. It is located about 45 miles (72 km) west of downtown Phoenix. Palo Verde generates the most electricity of any power plant in the United States per year, the largest power plant by net generation as of ...
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The Palo Verde Valley (Spanish: Valle de Palo Verde) [1][2] is located in the Lower Colorado River Valley, next to the eastern border of Southern California with Arizona, United States. [3] It is located on the Colorado Desert within the Sonoran Desert south of the Parker Valley. Most of the valley is in Riverside County, with the southern ...