In the early 1990s when this story and song came about I was poking around the West Branch starting at Ajo Road and north almost to Starr Pass where I worked at Desert Survivors Nursery. It actually starts near Irvington Road and it meanders through a lot of private property, so you just can’t go wandering along it like a certain naive plant geek did back then. Yikes, I wish someone had told me! Anyway, I still love singing this song and thank you so much for listening.
There are some cool flora and fauna found on the west branch, so it might be fun for you to do a search on line for the West Branch of the Santa Cruz…recommended.
The photos are mine of a chiltepin at our our home. It’s one of several we have in pots. They are great in the...
I meant to mention in this ramble that in old range plant books and even in some floras, it’s noted that this plant is...
My goodness, there are times that I so miss the Sonoran Desert, especially when I leave the desert grassland and get into the diverse...