Field season

Three weeks of field season with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy field institiute have now ended. We worked on three studies: testing fountain grass and buffelgrass removal methods, best methods of restoring abandoned trails, and a local RestoreNet project. The latter included a site at Scottsdale Community College and another near Lake Pleasant where several of the native perennial bunchgrass species are beginning to sprout. I've included photos here (and hope to have the names sorted out soon - info not in my hands at the moment).

Posted on March 31, 2020 05:47 PM by stevejones stevejones

Observations

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Foothill Deervetch (Acmispon brachycarpus)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:34 AM MST

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Small-flowered Milkvetch (Astragalus nuttallianus)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:34 AM MST

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Grey Rupturewort (Herniaria cinerea)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:35 AM MST

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Arizona Cottonrose (Logfia arizonica)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:35 AM MST

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Wide-toothed Pectocarya (Pectocarya platycarpa)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:36 AM MST

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Nuttall's Povertyweed (Blitum nuttallianum)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:37 AM MST

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Rancher's Fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:38 AM MST

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Woolly Plantain (Plantago patagonica)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:39 AM MST

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Small-flowered Mallow (Malva parviflora)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:40 AM MST

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Arched-nut Pectocarya (Pectocarya recurvata)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:41 AM MST

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Common Mediterranean Grass (Schismus barbatus)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:42 AM MST

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Pringle's Popcornflower (Plagiobothrys pringlei)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:44 AM MST

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Stork's Bill (Erodium cicutarium)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 09:46 AM MST

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Grasses (Family Poaceae)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 10:16 AM MST

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Arizona Cottontop (Digitaria californica)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 10:38 AM MST

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Nuttall's Povertyweed (Blitum nuttallianum)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 10:57 AM MST

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Rocketsalad (Eruca vesicaria)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 11:51 AM MST

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Curnow's Curse (Calandrinia menziesii)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 01:13 PM MST

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Grasses (Family Poaceae)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 01:17 PM MST

Description

Seedlings from seed planted last fall in single-species reference plots

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Coues' Senna (Senna covesii)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 01:18 PM MST

Description

Seedlings from seed planted last fall in single-species reference plots

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Grasses (Family Poaceae)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 01:19 PM MST

Description

Seedlings from seed planted last fall in single-species reference plots

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Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 01:20 PM MST

Description

Seedlings from seed planted last fall in single-species reference plots

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Arizona Cottontop (Digitaria californica)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 30, 2020 01:21 PM MST

Description

Seedlings from seed planted last fall in single-species reference plots

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Purple Threeawn (Aristida purpurea var. purpurea)

Observer

stevejones

Date

March 27, 2020 10:16 AM MST

Description

Seedling - very thin cotyledon a couple of centimeters long

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