Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week we highlight a flower many of you may know and nearly all New Mexican residents have seen, matchbrush (Gutierrezia sarothrae), …
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Why Do Flowers Have Color? by Terry Foxx
Whether in a garden or a wild landscape, varying colors of yellows, reds, blues, and greens give us a sense …
Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s flower, Heliomeris multiflora, is one of the many yellow composite flowers we see during our glorious fall season. You …
The Amazing Microscopic World of Plants by Terry Foxx
Why do plants have hairs? As we walk along a trail, we can observe the diverse world around us: trees, …
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The Amazing Microscopic World of Flowers by Terry Foxx
Our goal at the Nature Center is to get people out-of-doors to see the diversity around them, to become connected …
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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
A few weeks ago, Debby Hyman, Christine Cloyd, and Rozelle Wright took a Gentle Walk in Bayo Canyon. Rozelle found …
Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s flower – Showy Daisy Fleabane, or Erigeron speciosus – is one now blooming nearly everywhere, from the town up …
Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s plant is another lily, Death Camas. Anticlea elegans is its new name, and Zigadenis elegans is its old …
Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s wildflower is one of our most beautiful—mariposa lily (Calochortus nuttallii). It blooms in our high mountain meadows, often …