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Simmondsia chinensis
Jojoba is also called goat-nut and pig-nut, deer-nut or to plant geeks like myself, Simmondsia chinensis. The foliage and stems are browsed by wildlife...

Trip to the Cascabel Fair
One of my favorite forests of chain-fruit cholla, also called jumping cholla, was in the desert on the north end of the Tortolita Mountains....

Pinus discolor
We love our annual Christmas tree hunt and it’s been going on for a long time. I have 35 mm slides of hunts from...

Autumnal Native Grasses
The villain in this show is the grass Enneapogon cenchroides or soft feather pappus grass. There are many invasive exotic grasses that have changed...

Sonoran Indian Mallow (Abutilon mollicomun)
Well, first things first, Abutilon sonorae is now Abutilon mollicomun. I should have checked my favorite web site SEINet so as to be current...

Owl on 666
A true story about an injured great horned owl, a favorite chicken and a jacket. I originally wrote this show at the beginning of...