Petey jabbers on and on about some native bunch grasses.
Fall is certainly the time to get out and visit the vast grasslands in the uplands of southeastern Arizona. As native bunch grasses dry the stems take on various shades of red, purple or yellow. Maybe a paint guide from the hardware store would be handy to describe the colors. Well. at least for me.
So many of the Bouteloua or the gramas are attractive and belong in a personal landscapes. However, purple grama or Bouteloua radicosa would be hard to find in a nursery, so you best go hiking and enjoy it in habitat.
Mentzelia pumila is in the family Loasaceae. Kearny and Peebles in Arizona Flora note that “the family is remarkable for the diversity and peculiar...
I concentrated on a few fall bloomers in the Aster family that have yellow flowers and I bet you thought of other species that...
I mention that the US Soil Conservation Service introduced and used Pentzia incana for erosion control back in the 1930s. And, I remembered that...
