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As the common name indicates, honey mesquite is a honey plant that supports native pollinator species of bees and other insects, and cultivated honey bees. [12] It is a larval host for the long-tailed skipper and Reakirt's blue butterflies.
Mesquite is often favored by white-throated woodrats for shelter in habitat dominated by mesquite in New Mexico, [19] Arizona, [16] [19] California, [38] and Texas. [23] In habitat dominated by mesquite and creosote bush in San Diego County, California , all white-throated woodrat houses were located at the bases of honey mesquite .
The area that was later to be occupied by the village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada is located 25 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a half-mile east of Española, New Mexico, at 5,655 feet AMSL, and UTM NAD 83, Z-13S, 404927E, 3983643N in the valley of the Santa Cruz River half-mile from its confluence with the Rio Grande.
Mesquite is located in southeastern Doña Ana County in the Mesilla Valley, on the east side of the Rio Grande. Interstate 10 passes just east of the CDP, with access from Exit 151. I-10 leads northwest 13 miles (21 km) to Las Cruces , the county seat , and southeast 35 miles (56 km) to El Paso, Texas .
The land was granted to sixty Spanish families brought to New Mexico by Fray Francisco Farfán in 1694. They settled ‘’La Villa Nueva de Santa Cruz de Los Españoles Mexicanos del Rey Nuestro Senor Carlos Segundo‘’ on April 21, 1695. [2] In October, 44 families, from Zacatecas joined them.
Brachygastra mellifica, commonly known as the Mexican honey wasp, is a neotropical social wasp. It can be found in North America . B. mellifica is one of few wasp species that produces honey .
State Road 76 (NM 76) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. Its total length is approximately 29.8 miles (48.0 km). Its total length is approximately 29.8 miles (48.0 km). NM 76's western terminus is at NM 68 in Santa Cruz and the eastern terminus is in Picuris Pueblo at NM 75 .
The Santa Cruz River of New Mexico is a tributary of the Rio Grande at Española, New Mexico. The Santa Cruz River valley is the site of El Santuario de Chimayo, a mission chapel built by early Spanish colonists of the Santa Fe area. [1] [2] Santa Cruz River at NM 98 below the Rio Quemado confluence, looking east