I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more about jojoba (Simmondsia chinesis) other than what you hear in this show, except that it is now in its own family, Simmondsiaceae, and not in the boxwood family. Oh, and I do love the story of how jojoba’s Latinized name came about and I’m glad I finally got to tell it. If you want a little more information on this very cool native shrub, below is a link to another show in which I jabber about jojoba.
All the photos are mine and were taken in the Dos Cabezas Mountains
Quercus toumeyi Arizona Sonora border foothills oak The photos are mine.
A morning or two after I recorded this show I heard a scaled quail calling, so now I have both species calling starting at...
I hope you’re getting a chance to do some wandering this spring…maybe your backyard or a nearby park or even out in the wild....
