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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...
A Spring Report from the Ol’ Guajolote
Monkey flowers are in the Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae). The species I’m jabbering about in this show is called seep monkey flower or Mimulus guttatus....
Anemone tuberosa
Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and so the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s probably just...