Senegalia Gregggii, commonly known as Catclaw, is an adept competitor in numerous plant communities of the Mojave Desert. Its appearance is elegant, with spikey stalks of brownish gray, and small, attractive, pale green leaves, which drop during droughts.
Although hearty, Catclaw succumbs to threats. Some examples include foliage herbivory from rabbits, insects invading pods and seeds therein, and hemiparasitic plants. Visable on many Senegalia Greggii specimens are Desert Mistletoe afflictions, which leech their fluids and minerals.
In general, Senegalia Greggii resemble a shrub or small tree, with tight spacing of growths near the center, and longer, spreading, terminal branches, many sticking out at odd angles. Not often taller than 10 feet, the atypical 40 foot monstrosity occurs in wake of an arroyo, somewhere near the area of Pioneertown.
Boulder break in molders clutch, gentle wind the softest touch, crutch for such a seed so tender, mend is how the giants render
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