SJ Lands and Life

Above: Redington Pass sunset, March 2003

Above: Cloudburst over the San Pedro Valley in the direction of Redington

Above: Mud Turtle in Sierra Blanca Wash

Above: Ocotillo blossom May 2001

Above: Twilight at the Notch Camp, January 2000

Above: Upper Hot Springs Canyon viewed from Soza Mesa, November 2002

Above: Night visitor, Lower Cottonwood Seep, November 1998

Above: Moth on Desert Marigold, March 2003

THE LAND

its FLORA

For a useful index to desert plants of our area, see this link to a page by Brad Fiero of Pima Community College: Desert Ecology

"Algae" et al.: creators of complex
life on earth

Saguaro Juniper-CHA Plant List

its FUNGI et al.

its FAUNA

Insects, Spiders, etc.
(Arthropods)

Please note that our treatments of these subjects are inescapably limited and cursory. For those seeking more detailed treatment of life forms we explore, see the University of Arizona's website, The Tree of Life; and the UC Berkeley Taxon Lift. For systematic classifications, UC Berkeley's Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group provides two amazingly detailed sites, which can be accessed at Hyperbolic Trees. This site enables viewers to consult either a "Research Tree" (providing a highly detailed series of tree diagrams) or a "Teaching Tree" (which will eventually provide pictures, texts, and links to other sources, though less detailed trees of plant types). For a more general exploration of the UCB botanical resources, see UCB Herbaria. U. Vermont Plants also provides limited systematics information.