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Toxicodendron rydbergii
I was sort of right, but mainly wrong about poison ivy’s Latinized name. The species found in Arizona is Toxicodendron rydbergii, formerly Rhus radicans...
Clematis drummondii in a Wintery Landscape
Canyon hackberry must be an old common name, because all the new literature calls it western hackberry. Western, I suppose, as opposed to the...
Passion Fulfilled
Velvet mesquite is the predominate native mesquite of southern Arizona. If you go west toward California, you will start running into western honey mesquite...
Aloysia wrightii
The botanical name of Wright’s Beebrush is Aloysia wrightii. It used to be Lippia wrightii, well actually it has gone back and forth, but...
Black Bear in the Juniper Nation
Black bears are Ursus americanus and they are found in much of North America. In Arizona they are found in the eastern half of...
Nature Cures
I do love the fall and winter smell of moist old leaves and grasses. It always sparks a memory of my childhood in moist...