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Growing Native- Black Swallowtail
Growing Native- Black Swallowtail The scientific name of the black swallowtail is Papilio polyxenes. Papilio is Latin for butterfly and the specific epithet polyxenes...
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...
Forestiera
I certainly opened a can of worms, at least for myself, when I started reading about Forestiera species. I had learned about F. neomexicana...
Sycamore Waiver Signed
Sycamores are the genus Platanus, which was the old Greek name for the tree that is the species Platanus orientalis. There are five or...
Maurandya antirrhiniflora
March really is the month of change around all of us in the borderlands of southern Arizona. How fun to celebrate the arrival of...
Inca Doves and Jojoba Bushes
Inca doves are found all along the borderlands and southward into Mexico. The common name should probably be Aztec dove, as the Incas were...