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ecomujeres
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Botanizing around Mulege since the flood
Hola Nomads:
It's been a great season for botanizing in Mulege after all the summer rains and then the flood. I've been busy wandering around the area, looking
for as-of-yet undocumented species (some of them even aliens!).
A unfortunate mishap in December has kept me away from most of my wanderings and I've not been able to lead plant walks. Hope to start those by
February.
Meanwhile, I've been sharing some of my experiences with my fellow UC Berkeley Botanical Garden volunteers (and staff) in their monthly newsletter.
My "blog" or field notes are available here if you want to see what's up with the plants and see some nice photos:
http://www.lasecomujeres.org/plants/mulege01.html
Enjoy!
[Edited on 1-21-2013 by ecomujeres]
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Sweetwater
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Mood: chilly today hot tomale
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bump........for total coolness......
Everbody\'s preachin\' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King
Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832, German writer, artist and politician)
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
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Iflyfish
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Great stuff! Thanks,
Iflyfish
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Osprey
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Fascinating to say the least. We'll be watching for more.
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AmoPescar
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VERY interesting articles and GREAT pictures!
THANKS for sharing with us. It's nice to see some some interesting scientific information about the Baja!
Miguelamo  
Nomad Amigos...Here\'s hoping you all have safe Baja travels, amazing sunrises, sunny days, comforting breezes, beautiful sunsets, tasty tacos,
cold cervezas and frosty margaritas!!
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ecomujeres
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Thanks all, for your interest and positive comments.
You can check out other pages on my site under the PLANTS section for other botanizing trips/reports I've made in the past in various Baja places.
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ecomujeres
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Hi all you budding botanist nomads.
My latest installment for the March issue is available
here
Be sure to scroll up the page to see past posts if you haven't been following the articles.
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BajaBlanca
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liverworts ??? monkey flowers ???? wow ... who knew these could be found in Mulege ? Thoroughly enjoyed reading yoru blog and I sure wish I had
studied botany ..what a fun field.
[Edited on 2-22-2013 by BajaBlanca]
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Mexitron
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Nice work ecomujeres! Learned some new names today.
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Kgryfon
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Very nice photos; well-written and interesting articles!
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David K
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An excellent report!! 
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Humboldt Chris and Robin
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Thanks for the link, I will check in regularly! We also noticed the phenomenal vegetation from last summer while on our annual October trip. We ended
up going to Mulege and Loreto because the San Francisquita Road from Bahia de Los Angeles was trashed from the rain, and I'll bet that beautiful north
sloping drainage as you climb over the hills to the El Arco-San Francisquita Road was exploding with exciting plant growth. The only bad part of it
all was my hay fever allergies wrecked me along the road between Mulege and Loreto!! Small price to pay for the display!
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sargentodiaz
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Very enjoyable.
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ecomujeres
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Humboldt Chris and Robin
Thanks for the link, I will check in regularly! We also noticed the phenomenal vegetation from last summer while on our annual October trip. We ended
up going to Mulege and Loreto because the San Francisquita Road from Bahia de Los Angeles was trashed from the rain, and I'll bet that beautiful north
sloping drainage as you climb over the hills to the El Arco-San Francisquita Road was exploding with exciting plant growth. The only bad part of it
all was my hay fever allergies wrecked me along the road between Mulege and Loreto!! Small price to pay for the display! |
De nada! It certainly was a great summer. I only wish I had been able to spend some time south of Mulege in the Fall. We were thinking about doing
it in late November before we left for the Symposium in Ensenada, but didn't have time. Then I fell and injured my shoulder while up there and that
put an end to any ideas about getting out in the field beyond the immediate Mulege town limits for short forays! We're thinking about an overnight
trip to San Ignacio shortly, to see all the lupines and other annuals that have been going wild.
I hear you on the allergies, but I find that the only plants that really bother me are the palms and grasses here in town when in full bloom. I'm
lucky that most plants don't affect me, just all that blasted dirt/dust in the air in the winter is what gets me and my nasal passages.
Thanks too to everyone else for the comments/compliments. Stay tuned for next month.
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Humboldt Chris and Robin
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it was those grasses that got me! Didn't bring Clariton, why would I on a Baja trip!
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ecomujeres
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Enjoy the latest entry in my Mulegé adventures which is now available at this new link:
http://www.lasecomujeres.org/plants/mulege02.html
[Edited on 3-23-2013 by ecomujeres]
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Mulegena
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Now that's a trip report!
What a fine blog, Debra. Thanks.
You make the subtle desert beauty come alive.
There's another walk this next Friday in Mulege?
[Edited on 3-23-2013 by Mulegena]
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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ecomujeres
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Thanks Mulegena!
No walk the 28th, given that it's easter Friday and there's going to be a lot of people out and about all over the place. Rather not be somewhere and
have a bunch of crazed or drunk or 9 year old ATVers come flying over a hill or dune.
Call me if you want to go out one day into the field with me if you have time this week.
And to other Nomads, if you just looked and had problems seeing the enlarged photos, something happened between the time I uploaded and reviewed and
posted the message. Currently rectifying the problem.
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ecomujeres
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Large photo versions all fixed! Enjoy!
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ecomujeres
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Hola Nomads:
Forgot to announce that the newest edition (May) is available at:
http://www.lasecomujeres.org/plants/mulege03.html
Enjoy!
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