The photos are mine and of a fruity canyon hackberry (Celtis reticulata), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium!), blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis!!) and the “rustyish” seed pods on wait a minute bush (Mimosa biuncifera). If you want some more “ish colors” this winter, I suggest a hike.
The scientific name of the black swallowtail is Papilio polyxenes. Papilio is from the Latin for butterfly and the specific epithet polyxenes is from...
Petey wanders into the nearby hills and comes across a couple different species of native bunch grasses and tells us all about them.
I always want to add an extra T when I write Yucca baccata, but no, two Cs and one T is correct. The specific...
