Blast from Mt. Lemmon's Past

Plants and Animals from Ned's Mt. Lemmon Walk of August 24, 2016

Pages from Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona, By Frank S. Rose

Photo by Marty Horowitz 8/24/2016

Beebalm (Monarda citriodora var. austromontana) (117)

Photo by Ned Harris 8/24/2016

Golden Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha) (153)

Photo by Ned Harris 8/24/2016

Botta's Pocket Gopher

Photo by Ned Harris 8/24/2016

This Greater Short-horned Lizard was about 1.5 inches long, most likely born that summer. Unlike the Regal Horned Lizards in Sabino Canyon, the females of this species bear live young. More here. 

Photo by Ned Harris 8/24/2016

Richardson's Geranium (Geranium richardsonii) (112)

Photo by Marty Horowitz 8/24/2016

Longtube Ipomopsis (Ipomopsis tennutuba ssp. macrosiphon) (144) or Longtube Hippopotamus, if you prefer.