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Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are wonderful and lots of folks agree. The little town of Bisbee in the Mule Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 04:29
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This episode is a reminiscence…something I seem to be doing a lot of lately…and also a plea for getting our children and grandchildren out of doors...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 04:02
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I forgot to say that false solomon’s seal was formerly in the family Liliaceae, but is now in Asparagaceae. There are 2 subspecies of Maianthemum r...

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 04:09
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There are 30 species of Dalea found in Arizona, many of which are in the nursery trade because they are so doggone pretty. How cool is that? Very. ...

  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 04:20
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Jackass clover is Wislizenia refracta and the botanical name of clammy weed is Polanisia dodecandra. They are both in the Cleome family Cleomaceae....

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:36
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You know you haven’t been hiking or botanizing out in the desert or grassland enough when you look to the roadsides for interesting plants, but I’l...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 05:13
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Hummingbird trumpet has had quite a few botanical names and I’m still not sure that I got the current botanical right in this episode. I called it ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
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Phemeranthus aurantiacus, the former Talinum aurantiacum, is now in Talinaceae, the flameflower family, “a family of two genera and 28 species.” Th...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2020
  • Length: 04:45
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I could have jabbered on forever (you probably noticed) and still not have mentioned all the wonderful things happening now in the uplands as sprin...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 05:51
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This show is all over the place. Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of fall blooming plants and leaves changing color on ot...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:14
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The common name of chocolate flower refers to the surprising morning fragrance of the flower.

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:47
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In southeastern Arizona Datura wrightii is the preferred source of nectar for the moth Manduca sexta and you may also notice that the caterpillar, ...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:22