Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Mesquite: What Is It? 15
5. Predators of Mesquite 27
6. Mesquite in Texas and the Southwestern United States 41
7. The Uses of Mesquite 63
8. The Mesquite in Verse 104
9. Worldwide Aspects of Prosopis 111
10. Texas Ebony—Mesquite's Astonishing Cousin 124
11. Mesquite's Future 127
12. Appendix 1. The Genus Prosopis (Family Leguminosae/Fabaceae) and Its Species 131
13. Appendix 2. Sources of Information 137
14. References and Further Reading 139
15. Index 153