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Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Tall 4-6 ft., wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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South American Mice and Rats (Subfamily Sigmodontinae)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Found dead, small gray rodent with bare tail, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Observer
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Less than 1 ft., no visible flowers, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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White Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Low ground-covering leafy plant, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Leaves slightly curved inward, spines along edge of leaves, 2-4 ft. height, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Short-horned Grasshoppers (Family Acrididae)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Small grasshopper, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Horse Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea eques)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Found dead, about 2 in. long grasshopper, dark body with strips of yellow, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
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No visible flowers, long numerous white spines, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Soaptree Yucca (Yucca elata)Observer
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Tall 5-6 ft., wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Short bush with white fluff, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Tree Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata)Observer
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Many branched out stems, short spines, no visible flowers, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Parralena (Thymophylla pentachaeta)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Small yellow flower, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Bandwing Grasshoppers (Subfamily Oedipodinae)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Small brown grasshopper, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Soaptree Yucca (Yucca elata)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Low to ground, adjacent to opuntia, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
About 6 ft. tall, very few visible leaves, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Pricklyleaves (Genus Thymophylla)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Small yellow flowers, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Long legs, black tipped abdomen, about half an inch long from antennae to end of abdomen, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
Photos / Sounds
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Horse Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea eques)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Found dead, about 2 in. long grasshopper, dark with yellow strips, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
Photos / Sounds
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Tree, 11-15 ft., wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Bunches of short brown spines, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Tahoka Daisy (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Small purple flowers, next to dead opuntia, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Christmas Cholla (Cylindropuntia leptocaulis)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Red berries, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Fourwing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Bare patches, brown leaves outnumber green leaves, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)Observer
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2 ft height, small green leaves, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy
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Brown-spined Pricklypear Complex (Complex Opuntia phaeacantha)Observer
kathleenaromanDescription
Long spines, spaced out, no visible flowers, wind 11 mph, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy