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.
There is only one species of Marah in Arizona, but there seven species in North America and all in are found in the west...
This episode of Growing Native is a rambling reminiscence about amphibians and reptiles. With the monsoon starting up here in the borderlands I think...
Leslie Newton Goodding had a busy career. It was when he worked for the U. S. Department of Agriculture that he collected the type...
