Bursera microphylla - Wikipedia
Bursera microphylla, known by the common name elephant tree in English or 'torote' in Spanish, is a tree in the genus Bursera. It grows into a distinctive sculptural form, with a thickened, water-storing or caudiciform trunk.
Burseraceae (torchwood family) - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
There are about 12 species of Bursera in the Sonoran Desert region, about a third of which occur in the desert. This large shrub or small tree grows to 25 feet (8 m) tall; it usually has several contorted trunks and reddish branches.
Bursera microphylla, Elephant Tree - Southwest Desert Flora
A detailed description for Bursera microphylla, Elephant Tree, also called Littleleaf Elephant Tree, Little Leaf Bursera (Spanish: Torote Blanco, Copal, Palo Colorado, Torote Rojo, Torote Colorado, Cuajiote Blanco, Torote).
elephant tree (Bursera microphylla) - iNaturalist
Bursera microphylla, known by the common name elephant tree in English or ' torote' in Spanish, is a tree in genus Bursera. It grows into a distinctive sculptural form, with a thickened, water-storing or caudiciform trunk. It is found in the southwestern United States and …
Elephant Tree or Torote, Bursera microphylla - abdnha
In Anza-Borrego, the Elephant Tree is commonly seen at the Elephant Trees Nature Trail (south of Ocotillo Wells on Split Mountain Road), in Torote Bowl in the Mountain Palm Springs area, and in Torote Canyon which is reached from Indian Gorge.
Plant Species of the Borrego Desert: Burseraceae: Bursera …
Although there is only a single point shown in Alma Canyon itself, there are hundreds of trees there, and probably the bulk of the almost 2,000 trees mentioned in Lindsay 2001. The only other significant population is at Torote Bowl and Torote Canyon, south of the Borrego Desert in the Indian Gorge / Bow Willow area.
Elephant Tree – Bursera microphylla - United Plant Savers
Elephant Tree, Torote (in Spanish) Burseraceae (Torchwood family) Long-lived tree/perennial shrub. Elephant trees produce small drupes which attract local birds who then go on to disperse the seeds inside. Bursera microphylla lives primarily in Northern Mexico in the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Zacatecas.
Bursera microphylla - llifle.com
Description: Bursera microphylla is an odd glabrous, pachycaul shrub or low branched tree 2 - 6 (-8) m tall. It has several contorted trunks up to 30 cm in diameter and reddish branches which are swollen with water-storage tissue and covered with whitish sheets of thin, peeling bark.
Bursera microphylla Elephant Tree – Planet Desert
Bursera microphylla, also known as elephant tree in English or 'torote' in Spanish, is a tree in that grows into a distinctive sculptural form, with a thickened, water-storing or caudiciform trunk and perhaps the most xeromorphic (desert-adapted) species within the genus This tree is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United
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Bursera Species, Elephant Tree, Torote - Dave's Garden
This is a good drought tolerent tree for Phoenix. The foliage has a pleasant citrus orange and pine blend aroma. These photos of mine are...Read More