A local tradition is that a foreigner in this woreda introduced the invasive species Prosopis juliflora to the Afar Region in 1988.
Low average temperatures and lack of mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) might limit northern expansion.
At this place Rebaris (camel and sheep breeders) live in the Prosopis juliflora jungles in the company of chinkaras, hyenas, common fox, desert cat and wolf etc.
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Besides disease, the ass's other threats include habitat degradation due to salt activities, the invasion of the Prosopis juliflora shrub, and encroachment and grazing by the Maldhari.
It has been found to feed on seed pods, especially those of the shrub Prosopis juliflora and of caper bushes, as well as the fruit of Cordia and mito plants, and is capable of surviving on an entirely herbivorous diet when necessary.
Now the river is a large Sewage and banks are full of the Prosopis juliflora or Seemai karuvel or Vilayati babul an invasive thorn bush.
Yaque or Cují Yaque, an emblematic tree in Venezuela
Prosopis | Prosopis juliflora | Prosopis cineraria | Algarrobo (Prosopis Palida) | Prosopis pallida | Prosopis nigra | Prosopis alba | Prosopis africana |