Observations by tchester

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

A number of these young ocotillos have bent new stem segment growth.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.

I photographed 29(!!) young ocotillos seen in a 1.6 mile hike on the northwest side of Harper Flat, and I'm sure I missed a number of young ones farther from my path. This area clearly had good recruitment in the last decade.