G5 Secure - Common, widespread, and abundant (although it may be rare in parts of its range, particularly on the periphery). Not vulnerable in most of its range. Typically with considerably more than 100 occurrences and more than 10,000 individuals.
Using Fryxell (1988), the distribution is described as being from Arizona and New Mexico [also El Paso Co., Texas] into Sonora and Chihuahua with disjunct populations in Guerrero, Veracruz and Oaxaca. New Mexico records are from the Peloncillo and Fl...
This is a relatively common tall grass prairie species, synonymous with Acacia angustissima var. hirta, a species with a range of Missouri, Kansas, south to Texas, Mexico and central America, and disjunct east to Florida. New Mexico is on the periphe...