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Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)Observer
melissa13294Description
Observed at UTEP Parking lot
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Larrea
Species: L. tridentata
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Plants (Kingdom Plantae)Observer
melissa13294Description
Kingdom: Plantae
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Specis: F. Carica
This is a fig tree that i see all over El Paso. This particular fig is a little over two years old and already over 8ft tall.
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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
melissa13294Description
I don't know what this plant species is. I would really like to know because it grows in very unusual places. I have notice it in various cliff sides and growing from the crevices of rocks.
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Holarctic Ground Squirrels (Tribe Marmotini)Observer
melissa13294Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Cynomys
Species: C. gunnisoni
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Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer)Observer
melissa13294Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Pituophis
Species: P. catenifer
Found this snake while picking up my husband from work. I think it is a bullsnake but not 100% sure. It is native to this area.
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Queen (Danaus gilippus)Observer
melissa13294Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Danaus
Species: D. Plexippus
Monarch butterfly observed in the Chihuahuan Desert Garden on UTEP campus. Observed many around the desert garden area.
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Pines (Genus Pinus)Observer
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: Pinus
Species: P. ponderosa
Another species from NM. This pine is very common throughout the West.
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Green-spored Parasol (Chlorophyllum molybdites)Observer
melissa13294Description
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Chlorophyllum
Species: C. molybdites
Right after the October 6th 2015 hailstorm in Horizon City. These mushrooms spouted overnight.
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Holarctic Ground Squirrels (Tribe Marmotini)Observer
melissa13294Description
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Cynomys
Species: C. gunnisoni
Found this little guy while leaving my husbands work facility. I had to throw a cracker towards it to get it to stay still. Few other individuals were observed in the area with it.
