Hollis
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In the Company of Plants and Rocks
http://plantsandrocks.blogspot.com/
Natural history blog focusing on botany, ecology and geology ... from the field as much as possible!
LATEST ARTICLES ( 432 )
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Boxelder News: Some Sensationalism This Month
Photo by M Nelson. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span. Read more
Posted on 07 May 2018 OUTDOORS -
Cholla Fields of New Mexico
On my trip down the Dry Cimarron River, across the High Plains, and then on to the Cimarron proper, I often saw vegetation brand new to me but apparently... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2018 OUTDOORS -
In Search of Iridium & the Smoking Gun
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Is this the... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2018 OUTDOORS -
Hints of Spring While the Boxelder Waits
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Posted on 13 April 2018 OUTDOORS -
Tilted Rocks & the Abyss of Time
“I rejoiced at my good fortune in stumbling upon an object so interesting to the natural history of the earth …” James Hutton, 1788Me too, James! Read more
Posted on 06 April 2018 OUTDOORS -
Happy Birthday, Emmie! (a Dog’s Tale)
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} During my 40... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2018 OUTDOORS -
Tagging Edith Clements’s Art
“If it succeeds in opening the eyes of the passer-by to an appreciation of the flowers by the way, or in further stimulating an already awakened interest, it... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2018 OUTDOORS -
Tree-following: We Have News! (maybe)
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Yesterday, lat... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2018 OUTDOORS -
Capulín Volcano, Inside and Out
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Capulín... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2018 OUTDOORS -
A Plant Friend Most Would Pass By
Green leaves and red stems just above center are the plant of interest.“When I discovered a new plant, I sat down beside it for a minute or a day, to make its... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2018 OUTDOORS -
Tree Unchanged, but Something of Interest as Always
Another month has passed and I feel it. Perhaps this is an age-thing: already another month! so much to do yet!! etc. But the boxelder I’m following seems... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2018 OUTDOORS -
Seeing Red Cloud
Can you see them? those spectral wagons winding down, ruffling the grass?Can you hear them? those murmurs and whispers, sounding like the wind?They’re coming,... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2018 OUTDOORS -
Reading the Rocks of Scotts Bluff
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Saddle Rock... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2018 OUTDOORS -
Our Earliest Bloomer
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} American... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2018 OUTDOORS -
Little to Report Except Really Weird Weather
Overwintering boxelder, Acer negundo, in Laramie, Wyoming, USA.Habitat.Last Sunday I made my monthly visit to the tree I’m following—a boxelder growing in a... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2018 OUTDOORS -
Photosynthesis to the Rescue?
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Every morning... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2017 OUTDOORS -
Guest Post: The Cactus Field(s) of Sheep Mountain
[Many thanks to Larry Haimowitz for this contribution! See bio at end of post.] p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color:... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2017 OUTDOORS -
Tree Following, Road Following
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Posted on 11 December 2017 OUTDOORS -
Quercity—Thoughts on Oaks
Coast live oaks, Quercus agrifolia, in the California Coast Range. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2017 OUTDOORS -
Boxelder—pest, Pleaser, Or Provider?
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Yesterday I... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2017 OUTDOORS