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Canyon Tree Frog
After reading the section about the canyon tree frog (Hyla arenicolor) in my old Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians by Robert Stebbins,...
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Dancing on Rocky Slopes
I guess to truly be a fandango I would need a partner and maybe some castanets, but the loose rock fandango can get pretty...
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Asclepias lemmonii
It’s fun to have favorite plants to look for on excursions into the hills. Looking back at photos and my notes, we have been...
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Condalia correllii in the Borderlands
What a fun discovery in the desert east of Douglas, Arizona. There is just something about these large spinescent shrubs in the buckthorn family,...
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Coral Bells
The genus Heuchera is found in the saxifrage family, Saxifracaceae, with 80 other genera that includes the genus Saxifraga and its 400 species. Yikes!...
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Bigtooth Maple
The bigtooth maple is no longer in its own family of Aceraceae, but is in Sapindaceae. Molecular taxonomy keeps us plant geeks on our...