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Sunset - 056
Tucson, Arizona USA
Sonoran Desert
Milagro Cohousing
This area of the Sonoran Desert, the east side of the foothills of the Tucson Mountains, is not as lush as other parts surrounding Tucson. I believe that this area was grazed by cattle for a while which disturbed the land, allowing the cholla to multiply and the diversity of plant life to diminish. There are plies of broken glass and old tin cans nearby, evidence of the attitude once held by many that the desert was a wasteland. It can be a delicate ecosystem and I am grateful that some who live here now understand and embrace the unique beauty of my homeland so that it can be preserved.
"Landscape diversity in the Sonoran Desert rivals that of any other terrestrial ecoregion on Earth, with nearly all of the planet's biomes represented, ranging from cold conifer forests to hot deserts, where frost is nearly absent and precipitation rare. This tremendous species, lifeform, and landscape biodiversity is the result of a host of factors: the subtropical climate, continental physiography, bimodal precipitation, varied geology, and wide-ranging topography." science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/sodn/sonoran.cfm
"The Sonoran Desert occupies approximately 260,000 square km (100,387 square mi) of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including the southern half of Arizona, southeastern California, and most of the states of Sonora and Baja California, Mexico. Bounded on the north by the Mogollon Rim, the Sonoran Desert grades into the Chihuahuan Desert to the east, the Mohave Desert to the west, and the tropical forests and montane forests of central Mexico to the south. Extending between 23°N and 30°N, the subtropical Sonoran Desert represents a continental-scale ecotone between the tropics and temperate zones of western North America. At a regional scale, the Sonoran Desert serves as a transition between the Sierra Madre and the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific and Gulf coasts, and the coastal lowlands of Baja and the mid-continent."
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Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula pellucida subsp. marginalis
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Crassula marginalis
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Boxwood provides a neat, mounding border along this walkway, with full, densely blooming Flower Carpet Amber roses. Easy-care Flower Carpet roses are low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, sustainable landscape roses (also called shrub or groundcover roses).
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cuttings from Jerry :D
Epiphyllum chrysocardium and a lepismium cruciforme or Rhipsalis Spiralis Twist?
Tuff ID.. Could be cultrata or anomola, A friend collected it on Santa Barbara Is. neither are supposed be this far north?? Any Ideas??
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Dudleya cultrata
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Echeveria cultrata, Cotyledon cultrata
Native Habitat: Baja California: San Quintin and San Martin Islands
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Rare
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A ragged-looking epiphyllum I rescued a few years ago finally bloomed this year. Its six flowers included this pair. Like night-blooming cereus, they're about 8 inches across; unlike them, they bloom for about three days each.
Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Haworthia attenuata cv. "WIDE ZEBRA"
Common Name(s): Haworthia WIDE ZEBRA
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Green, White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia milii lutea
Common Name(s): Yellow Crown of Thorns
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: Northeastern Madagascar
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common in some Areas
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Stream with rushing water and native groundcovers in environmentally-responsible, native plant sustainable garden, Mt Cuba Center Delaware
The Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis) is an arboreal lizard found primarily in the southeastern United States and some Caribbean islands. Other common names include the green anole, American anole and red-throated anole. It is also sometimes referred to as the American chameleon due to its ability to change color from several brown hues to bright green (though it is not a chameleon).
The typical coloration for a green anole ranges from the richest and brightest of greens to the darkest of browns, with little variation in between. The color spectrum is a result of three layers of pigment cells or chromatophores: the xanthophores, responsible for the yellow pigmentation; cyanophores, responsible for the blue pigmentation, and melanophores, responsible for the brown and black pigmentation when the background is other than green and the anole changes color to camouflage itself. In bright light, against foliage, it appears emerald in colour, but in shadier, cool or moist conditions grey to olive brown. However the colour change is not simply a matter of matching background, but rather body temperature, stress and activity. Green reflects activity and bright light, whereas brown reflects reduced activity in moist, dark cool conditions.
Lampranthus roseus.
An iceplant native to South Africa.
In California, this and similar iceplants are popular. They are tough, drought-adapted, and fire-resistant, and they feature big displays of brilliant spring-time color.
Streetside planting in San Diego, California.
March 1, 2010.
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Pleiospilos nelii
Common Name(s): Split Rock
Synonym(s): Pleiospilos pedunculata, Pleiospilos tricolor
Native Habitat: Cape Province - South Africa
Flower: Yellow, White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia flanaganii
Common Name(s): Madusa's Head
Synonym(s): Euphorbia caput v. medusae
Distribution: Cape Province - South Africa
Flower: Greenish Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Stenocactus hastatus
Common Name(s): Brain Cactus
Synonym(s): Echinocactus hastatus, Echinofossulocactus hastatus
Native Habitat: Hidalgo - Mexico
Flower: White, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Un-Common
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Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia ferox
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Euphorbia capitosa
Natural Habitat: Great Karoo - South Africa
Flower:
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Ptilotus exaltatus 'Joey'
Common Name(s): Lambs-tails, Pink Mulla-mulla
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory -Australia
Flower: Pink, Purple
Cultivar Availability: Common in some Areas
Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Haworthia arachnoidea
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: Western Cape Province, South Africa
Flower: Green, White
Cultivar Availability: Unusual in Collections
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Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria setosa
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: Oaxaca : Puebla - Mexico
Flower: Red, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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This is my baby. I designed it, planned, managed it, priced it out, and installed it too.
Visalia, CA
Landscape Development Inc.
Woodside Homes
Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Aloe microstigma
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Aloe brunnthaleri, Aloe juttae
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Orange, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common Locally in some Areas
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This is my baby. I designed it, planned, managed it, priced it out, and installed it too.
Visalia, CA
Landscape Development Inc.
Woodside Homes
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula tetragona
Common Name(s): Miniature Pine Tree
Synonym(s): Crassula caffra, Crassula fruticosa
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Orange, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Matucana madisoniorum
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Borzicactus madisoniorum, Submatucana madisoniorum, Loxanthocereus madisoniorum, Eomatucana madisoniorum
Native Habitat: Amazonas - Peru
Flower: Orange, Red, White
Cultivar Availability: Fairly Common
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Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Haworthia attenuata cv. "WIDE ZEBRA"
Common Name(s): Haworthia WIDE ZEBRA
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Green, White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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