Competition for water can weaken and kill desert plants, even larger trees and cacti, while dense roots and ground shading prevent germination of native seeds. Buffelgrass can kill or exclude most native plants by these means alone; wildfires will only hasten the process. In the past two years...
With the first good summer rain, plant seed of native perennial plants within or beside water-harvesting earthworks, especially coyote gourds. Wildlands Restoration is a great source for native Sonoran desert wildflower and restoration seed (Spadefoot Nursery and Native Seeds/SEARCH sell their seed). ...
Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) is a common shrub found in the Sonoran Desert. The waxy, deep-green leaves with yellow springtime blossoms soon turn into white wooly seeds ready to be scattered by the wind. When the waxy resin on the leaves mixes with the water of a rain shower, a uni...
Mostly native, plus a few exotic plants also loved by chickens. These plants grow well in Tucson, Phoenix, Hermosillo, and throughout the Sonoran Desert. All but the shortest plants provide shelter for the chickens in addition to food. APPROXIMATE WATER NEEDS OF PLANTS(LW= low water 10 – ...
Scottsdale is certainly not wanting for covetable destination spas, but if you’re looking for the most truly immersive, you’ll have to head out to the Sonoran Desert foothills and the appropriately named neighboring town of Carefree. After a morning intention ceremony, you’ll embark on a ch...
Several methods have been evaluated to remove invasive buffel grass, but the effect of removal on establishment of native plants is poorly understood. We explore the effect of buffel grass removal treatments on the germination and establishment of four Sonoran Desert tree spec...
Several methods have been evaluated to remove invasive buffel grass, but the effect of removal on establishment of native plants is poorly understood. We explore the effect of buffel grass removal treatments on the germination and establishment of four Sonoran Desert tree species. We used three ...
Several methods have been evaluated to remove invasive buffel grass, but the effect of removal on establishment of native plants is poorly understood. We explore the effect of buffel grass removal treatments on the germination and establishment of four Sonoran Desert tree species. We used three ...
Wildlands Restoration is a great source for native Sonoran desert wildflower and restoration seed (Spadefoot Nursery and Native Seeds/SEARCH sell their seed). Once plump from the winter rains, take cuttings of prickly pear pads, then pot them up and root them for later transplanting. You can ...