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San Angelo Yucca (Yucca reverchonii)Observer
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Thin spinney spikes stood out pointing in different directions. It had a light green color, the plant itself stood about 1.5 feet tall.
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Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)Observer
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Long and thin with white trunks and some small black points on them. they stood out surrounded by coniferous trees and hills. These trees had few leaves, but some others stood with some green leaves on them.
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Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans)Observer
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Dark brown turtle with a long neck. It had a smooth looking shell with slimy looking skin. It was about a foot long, swimming around easily.
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Chollas (Genus Cylindropuntia)Observer
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Standing tall about 5 feet, covered in multiple spines. It had a light grayish green color with several brown dry spots. Several tube like branches angled in different directions made up the plant itself.
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Giant Spanish-Dagger (Yucca carnerosana)Observer
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Two tall about 8 foot tall yucca with yellow leaves pointing down and light green leaves pointing up at different angles in different directions. From far away they looked like grown men standing in the desert, the tallest plants in the area. They stood about 20feet apart with several creosote plants in between them.
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Hedgehog Cactuses (Genus Echinocereus)Observer
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Growing against a creosote, it had several heads covered in spines. There was about 26-30 head and it stood about 1-2 feet tall.
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
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Oval like flat with multiples spines on them. Several of these made up the plant itself. As a group they stood about four feet tall on the incline next to the road in Guadalupe National park.
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Oceanic Dolphins (Family Delphinidae)Observer
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About 4 feet long, dark gray with some light gray wet skin. It was the baby dolphin performing in a Las Vegas resort.
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Creosote Bushes (Genus Larrea)Observer
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Tall about 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide. The leaves were a dark glossy plastic looking green.
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Mesquites (Genus Neltuma)Observer
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Tall with multiple thorns on the branches. The branches were a dark color, almost black. Several small green leaves covered the branches. The bush stood about 7 feet tall.
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Conifers (Order Pinales)Observer
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On a side road at cloudcroft nm, several tall trees, about 25-30 feet tall. The trees were several shades of dark green.
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Smooth Sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum)Observer
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Several long stalks surrounding a dirt road. All the flowers were a pale yellow with many flowers covering the stalk. Some stalks stood tall, some others bent slightly.
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Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)Observer
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Dark brownish-green plastic looking leaves. Round bush with some roots sticking out. The plant stood about 2.5-3 feet tall.
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Russian Thistles (Genus Salsola)Observer
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Dark green, with small pointy joints which feel like thorns. Semi- circular shape as seen from far away. The plant stood about one foot tall, surrounded by grasses and other bushes.
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About six inches tall, with a lot of spines making most of it look white. Some small pink flowers with yellow centers on top of it. It was surrounded by mostly bare ground but it sat near a small creasote.
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Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer)Observer
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About 4 feet long, with a slight green tint to its skin. The snake just lay there on the road, only sticking its tongue out when I got closer. It had light brownish green scales with darker oval patterns. The patterns turned to rings as they near its tail.
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Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries)Observer
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Small about 3 feet tall. Black head with white body. The eyes almost a solid black with a hazy look. It continuously followed its mom, stumbling around.
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Texas Madrone (Arbutus xalapensis)Observer
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Red trunk with pealing light green bark. Small green leaves and long extending branches.
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Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)Observer
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Lying in the middle of a wash on the western part of the Guadalupe Mountains. It was about 3feet long, light colored with distinctive darker markings on its back. Black bands on its tail right before the rattler.
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Something...Observer
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Short-horned Grasshoppers (Family Acrididae)Observer
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Light brownish Greg with some darker stripes on its legs
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Honey Mesquite (Neltuma glandulosa)Observer
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Thick with small green leaves. Its branches spread all over. Surrounded by smaller bushes and grasses. The branches which stuck up in the air stood about my height, a little over 5 feet.
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Short-horned Grasshoppers (Family Acrididae)Observer
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About 2.5 inches long, grayish brown. Some dark bands found on it's legs.
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Five-spotted Hawk Moth (Manduca quinquemaculatus)Observer
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The caterpillar was light leafy green, with light angled line pattern on its side. It had a needle thick hook on its rear. It walked across cement floor in the garage at a steady but quick peed. About two, two and a half inches long and half an inch wide.
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Sotols (Genus Dasylirion)Observer
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Several male sotols as noted by the pale yellow coloring. Thick with flowers on their stalks, surrounded by other plants. The sotols stood at least five feet tall as observed on the side of transmountain road.
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Yellow Bird-of-paradise Shrub (Erythrostemon gilliesii)Observer
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On the side of the road by Guadalupe Mountains National Park. A tall tree like plant with multiple branches. Thin leaves with yellow flowers that had long thin red stamens sticking out. The seed pods were long and flat, slightly fussy and sticky. The branches were long and speed out, no thorns were found. Multiple birds of paradise were found next to each other, all at different stages of growth. Several seed pods were found under the branches and by other plants nearby.
