Huisache is a native plant of Texas and other parts of the southwestern United States. Obviously, in a survival situation, you have to do what is necessary to survive, but most of us these days are foraging recreationally and for our own education. Spray the Huisache. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 400 - 1,400mm, but tolerates 150 - 4,000mm[418 Native to the southern U.S. and Central America, its a perennial bushy, thorny shrub or small tree. Once established, it is very drought resistant. The original range is uncertain, but is probably tropical America. Acacia farnesiana var. The powdered dried leaves have been applied externally as a treatment for wounds[269]. The climate is right in parts of Florida for the huisache to grow. It says that a paste of the plant is put on the hooves of cattle to kill or prevent parasites. branched; armed with long, paired, straight spines at bases of leaves. It surely is lovely and protects the birds and small mammals but oh, those invasive species! Flowers: Very fragrant, bright Of all Acacia species, this plant has the greatest distribution. Vaughan remembered a cold snap in the early 1990s that froze the larger, mature trees to the ground as far south as Pleasanton. Extracts of many are used in medicine for this reason. Yet even in these first days of fall, the Huisache stands out with grace and beauty. Acacia pinetorum, the pineland acacia or pineland wattle,[12] is also disputed. I rounded the bend and saw the sunset. Adding nitrogen to the clay soil, is an advantage, too. Especially in the United States, the taxonomy has been confused. No, Huisache is not intrusive. A decoction of the gum from the trunk has been used in the treatment of diarrhea. For huisache trees shorter than 2 m, plant mortality rates resulting from ground broadcast and aerial foliar applications were used in the analyses of other treatment factors, including soil temperature, soil moisture, and cumulative rainfall, to remove the height effect. [34] In Malaysia, an infusion of the plant's flowers and leaves is mixed with turmeric for post-partum treatment.[35]. The trees have also been used for erosion control in sandy soils[269, 272]. I have seen these in pictures, but they don't grow around here. My senses were transported by the unearthly fragrance and the amazing sound of thousands of bees who were all so entranced by the blooms that they had no interest in what a human was doing. By. Mark Peterson said the northern limit of where huisache grows in Texas is currently U.S. This is a great and informative post. The bark and the fruit are a source of tannin and used in making dyes and inks[227]. [17] It thrives in dry, saline, or sodic soils. Please note that a plant may be invasive in one area but may not in your area so its worth checking. Only comments or links that are felt to be directly relevant to a plant will be included. mending glue, bark for dying skins, flowers for perfumes; firewood; medicinal A. farnesiana is a spinescent shrub, or rarely a small tree, 2-7 m tall with several slender stems and long thin branches growing from ground level. The trees have also been used for erosion control in sandy soils[269, 272]. They also close at night, the plant appearing to sleep until the sun rises[459 HUISACHE + Basal Stem-Spray Method FOR BEST RESULTS: Use the basal stem-spray method to control relatively young trees or older ones with only a few basal stems. Its a binder in paints, drugs, cosmetics, etc. ]. 3. ]. Firewood could be collected and used, and like almost all plants, some people found some medicinal values. Gum arabic, primarily harvested from Acacia spp., has many uses in many industries. She said if I was okay, she was leaving, but that I really needed to get my car off the road altogether; there were too many drivers who ran into people here. // -->
