Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) is one tough plant. Able to thrive beneath the unrelenting sun of the Chihuahuan, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts, it flourishes where other arid land plants retreat. An evergreen shrub, its small, waxy leaves are browsed by deer and rabbits only as a last resort during lean times. Its delicate yellow blossoms […]
Hibiscus Tea: Agua fresca for health
I was a youngster in ecology class when I first learned about ecotones, those areas where one biome transitions into the next. Consider the spot where fresh water flows into salt water or the edges of a meadow. The professor said these areas were often the most biologically diverse. It’s called the edge effect, the […]