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acacia trees are painful! they definitely live up to their "catclaw" name!

I'm not sure that I've ever heard anyone use the common name "Gregg's Catclaw" to refer to this plant. It sounds like one of those names botanists make up because they can't remember the "real" common name. Is this name used outside of Califorrnia? Grburns 19:17, 30 May 2006 (UTC) reply

All I ever hear around here (southern Nevada) is "catclaw", as in "watch out for that catclaw!". Good for upper-body exercise, twisting and bending while you fancy-foot to avoid the cactus below... :-) Stan 13:28, 31 May 2006 (UTC) reply

Wait-a-minute bush is a native mimosa with very similar but larger cat claw type thorns and smaller leaflets. Maximum height is 7'. As a landscaper I have not heard of this Acacia with that name. Both will tear clothing and flesh easily. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.226.111.54 ( talk) 18:43, 28 June 2010 (UTC) reply

[Hardbound Volume:] The range map has very little in the U.S. state of New Mexico, basically the extreme SW corner abutting Arizona. The range extends down from Baja California Norte, about 1/5 the length of Baja California Sur, and on the Pacific Coast side of the peninsula.
The range covers Western Texas (as well as all of Southwestern TX), up to the Southern extent of New Mexico, and goes to nearly the center of the state of Texas, both N–S, and E–West.

This is from Map 3(of 210 maps), Atlas of United States Trees, Volume 3, Minor Western Hardwoods, (USDA, Forest Service), c December 1976. ( Library of Congress Cat No: 79-653298.)

There is an interactive version of the acacua greggi natuve range map at this site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterusso ( talk • contribs) 09:51, 14 April 2010 (UTC) reply

According to the range map, catclaws are found in Iraq and Iran too. What's that all about? Are they invasives there or something? Stan 13:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC) reply

According ILDIS LegumeWeb they've been introduced into Iran and Iraq. It seems that sometimes people will take some species from an area that it is native to and introduce it to another area in a similar climate. I'm not sure if Acacia gregii is invasive or not, but it definitely is a very beautiful tree (maybe except for the thorns). The intricate foliage is incredible. The tree is widely used for landscaping in the Phoenix area and I can really see the reason why. Dcarlson 20:54, 27 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Interesting - I'm not sure I've seen any as part of Las Vegas landscaping, mesquites and Acacia smallii seeming to be preferred. Perhaps everybody has had their clothes torn by catclaws at least once while walking out in Red Rock Canyon, and so look unfavorably on them. :-) Stan 00:15, 28 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Cool that you work for Mozilla Corp.! Fortunately, I haven't been stuck by any Acacia greggii thorns. I did see a lot of the trees yesterday, sort of in the wild, though. It would be nice to have a picture of the flowers and bark of the tree in the article, so that it makes it easier to identify. That way, if someone gets scratched, they'll know what did it :-). Dcarlson 18:41, 29 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Heh-heh. I'm sure I've got something in my backlog - I'm so far behind, easier and more fun to take the pictures than to prepare them for upload! Stan 19:17, 29 April 2007 (UTC) reply