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Una De Gato

The Robinia Neomexicana is commonly known as Hojalito, New Mexican Locust, New Mexico Locust, Southwestern Locust, as well as Una De Gato

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Growing Regions

New Mexico locust is found from the mountains of Trans-Pecos Texas north to southern Colorado and west to southern Nevada [29,36,42]. Its range extends from southeastern California to New Mexico and northern Mexico [3,11,53,56].

     

General Information

The currently accepted scientific name of New Mexico locust is Robinia neomexicana Gray. It is a member of the pea family (Fabaceae). Several varieties may be encountered in the literature; however, the maintenance of varieties is questionable due to intergradation of all forms [3,36].

New Mexico locust grows in pure stands or as an understory species [26].
New Mexico locust is an understory dominant or codominant with Gambel
oak (Quercus gambelii) under spruce-fir (Picea engelmannii-Abies
lasiocarpa), white fir (A. concolor), and mixed-conifer forests
[1,16,20,24,37,40].  It is a minor component in most riparian forest and
scrubland community types within its range, and in one chaparral
association (Arizona oak-yellowleaf silktassel-Emory oak [Q.
arizonica-Garrya flavescens-Q. emoryi]) [8,51,52].

New Mexico locust is an indicator for habitat types or plant
associations in the following publications:

(1) Classification of the forest vegetation on the National Forests of
      Arizona and New Mexico [2]
(2) A vegetation classification system for New Mexico, U.S.A. [19]
(3) Forest habitat types in the Apache, Gila, and part of the Cibola
      National Forests, Arizona and New Mexico [24]
(4) Forest and woodland habitat types (plant associations) of northern
      New Mexico and northern Arizona [39]
(5) A classification of spruce-fir and mixed conifer habitat types of
      Arizona and New Mexico [40].

Much of the information presented here is attributed to:
Pavek, Diane, S. 1993. Robinia neomexicana. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available at USDA Forest Service.

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