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Two Common Species to Love
House finches are pretty darned cute and that’s why pet stores back in New York City in 1939 were selling them as “Hollywood Finches”....
Electric Calliandra
Calliandra is a beautiful plant name. I like the way a genus name can sometimes become the common name as well. I wonder how...
Salvia lemmonii
Hmm, I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with botanical names. Either that or I’m making them up as I go....
Mearns Sumac
I like the name sumac and I’ve known it since I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth...
Marah gilensis
A morning or two after I recorded this show I heard a scaled quail calling, so now I have both species calling starting at...
Borderland Pollinator Plants
Chuparosa is one my of favorite plants from back when we used to live outside of Tucson. I bet we had 5 or 6...