Other vegetation is drought-tolerant tree species honey mesquite and prickly pear cacti. Mezquital is characterized by honey mesquite ("Prosopis glandulosa") and curly mesquite grass ("Hilaria belangeri"). "Asclepias texana" and "Asclepias sperryi"; Mexican buckeye "Ungnadia speciosa", and honey mesquite "Prosopis glandulosa". Goodding's willow ("Salix gooddingii"), honey mesquite ("Prosopis juliflora" var. Texas Live Oak ("Quercus fusiformis"), and Honey Mesquite ("Prosopis glandulosa"). After honey mesquite lost its leaves, white-throated woodrats subsisted on stored beans, bark, and stems.