New Mexico Locust is a thorny, thicket-forming shrub or small tree of canyon walls and mountain slopes in the Southwest, producing showy clusters of rose-pink flowers that attract hummingbirds and native bees. It is a nitrogen-fixer that rapidly colonizes disturbed slopes and canyon rims. Black bears, deer, and many birds consume the seeds.
Best time to see a New Mexico Locust
The best time to see a New Mexico Locust is April–June, when about 63% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 2,141 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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