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Striped Coral Root   2 comments

coralroot (1 of 1) blogStriped Coral Root in the Mt.Bigelow forest in the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne

Those of us who weekly hike in the Santa Catalina Mountains frequently turn to Frank S. Rose’s field guide to the Santa Catalina Mountains, Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona. On Friday’s hike, some of the hikers recognized this plant a coral root, a relatively rare plant in the Catalinas, we did verify our finding in Frank’s guide.

Like most orchids of genus Corallorhiza,  they have no chlorophyll and are mycoheterotrophic, making use of fungi to obtain carbon from the roots of nearby trees.

— kenne

Posted August 7, 2016 by kenneturner in Arizona, Capturing the Moment, Information, Naturalists, Orchid, Photography, Santa Catalina Mountains, Southern Arizona, Tucson Arizona

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Capturing The Moment — Parish Larkspur Wildflower   5 comments

 

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Wildflower (1 of 1) b framedParish Larkspur (Delphinium parishii) — Image by kenne

This deep blue wildflower was near the Hutch’s Pool trail at about 3,900 ft. in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness above the Sabino Basin. I needed help in identifying this beautiful deep blue wildflower, which I received from fellow SCVN members. This one is a much deeper blue than the one pictured in Frank Rose’s “Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona.” The conditions have been very dry in the Catalina Mountains this Spring, producing fewer than normal wildflowers. This larkspur was all alone.

kenne

Posted April 16, 2014 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Nature, Photography

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