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Big Bursage (Ambrosia ambrosioides)Observer
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Several of the large plants along this wash had been killed back by frost.
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Bitter Snakewood (Condalia globosa)Observer
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Some of the bitter snakewood trees here are works of natural art.
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Globemallows (Genus Sphaeralcea)Observer
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Flower beetle in photo #2: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/209273433
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Mojave Milkweed (Asclepias nyctaginifolia)Observer
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Five plants in close proximity located in center of wash.
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Tribe CynoglosseaeObserver
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I think this is aberrant growth.
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Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)Observer
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I think the upper hole in mesquite should belong to Ladder-backed and the lower to a Gila.
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Spider Beetles (Subfamily Ptininae)Observer
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When I first spotted this minute arthropod I presumed it to a mite.
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Rodents (Order Rodentia)Observer
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nest opening into hollow log
