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The shell of a Terrestrial Snail and it reflect orange in UV light. The actual snail wouldn’t glow this as it’s usually inside the snail.
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Alacrán Rayado (Centruroides vittatus)Autor
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Nocturnal and hard to see in the dark. Using a UV light you can see them. This one specifically is a male.
It has a stripe bark in its back.
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Chocha (Yucca treculiana)Autor
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Attracts yucca moth that transfers it’s pollen to another plant and develop its ovules. The caterpillar of the moths eat these ovules as a resource. It flowers at night so of course it’s nocturnal.
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Arañas Lobo (Familia Lycosidae)Autor
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One photo is of a wolf spider feasting on its prey.
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Vara Dulce (Aloysia gratissima)Autor
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No flower buds to be present
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Sangre de Drago (Jatropha dioica)Autor
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Called leather stem as it’s flexible like leather
It may produce a chemical that turns them reddish
Nickname to dragons blood as it reacts to oxygen like animal blood
The roots can be used to brush your teeth if you clean them well
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Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens)Autor
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It is called that cause it has a nice purple flower
Used as an ornamental plant
At times when it flowers
It can turn the area purple
Has silver color when it isn’t flowered
It’s fairly abundant in ranches but not here due to a lot of construction on campus
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Tesota (Senegalia greggii)Autor
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Called like so cause it’s thorns are as bad as cats claws
This has a big patch and rather big compared to how usual small patches we can find in rural areas
Puts out a nice flower
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Palo Verde Tejano (Parkinsonia texana)Autor
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Will put out leaves at times
But this one probably won’t
It has a wonderful yellow flower, not on this one though
Has a very bad thorns
Very hard to get out of since it has curved spikes in the thorns
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Few plants that doesn’t have thorns
Animals will eat since it has leaves
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Corona de Espinas (Koeberlinia spinosa)Autor
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Thorns are green for photosynthesis
Doesn’t have a lot of leaves so not a lot of animals consume it
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Chapote Negro (Diospyros texana)Autor
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No thorns, edible fruit, galls caused by some pathogen (abnormal growth)
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Magnolias, Margaritas Y Parientes (Dicotiledóneas) (Clase Magnoliopsida)Autor
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Beginning to flower early
With a white pinkish flower
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Canutillos (Género Ephedra)Autor
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Not a lot here
Deer like to eat this one a lot
Which is why there isn’t a lot due to our population of deer
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Chaparro Amargo (Castela erecta)Autor
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It holds red fruit it’s quite bright.
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Granjeno (Celtis pallida)Autor
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Bears tart fruit that bird often feed on.
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Alicoche Real (Echinocereus enneacanthus ssp. carnosus)Autor
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It has a really nice flower during the spring.
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Chocha (Yucca treculiana)Autor
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They flower really nicely and get pollinated by the Yucca Moth.
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Magnolias, Margaritas Y Parientes (Dicotiledóneas) (Clase Magnoliopsida)Autor
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They call it soapbush because it has fatty acids that people use to make soap.
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Nopales Y Xoconostles (Género Opuntia)Autor
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There are large spines and small part of the spines. The small ones are the ones to avoid from. It’s easy to hold if you avoid the spines. This one in particular is opuntia ecomania. Or something like that.
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It’ll put out leaves, but since it’s branches are green it can use that for photosynthesis. The branches are thorn like so be careful with handling. It bears purple like fruit during the spring.
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Adelfa Blanca Y Rosa (Nerium oleander)Autor
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Thrives in shaded areas. Leaves are poisonous so do not handle this plant.
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Retama (Parkinsonia aculeata)Autor
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It has green bark, why it has the part of Palo verde in its name. It means green bark. It’s found out in the brush often. Sometimes it has leaves and sometimes it doesn’t. It can carry out photosynthesis through its bark instead of leaves as it doesn’t bear leaves often. It flowers yellow flowers often.
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Huizache (Vachellia farnesiana)Autor
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Often blooms flowers before the leaves. It’ll be the first tree to flower before any other in the spring.
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Mezquite Dulce (Neltuma glandulosa)Autor
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Largest tree you can find in the brush. Not native here, people planted it here. However it’s done well since it’s sort of near a body of water.
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Sauces (Género Salix)Autor
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Only found near bodies of water and the roots stem out towards the body of water. Taking in nutrients to support the tree.
Flowers in the spring.
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Tasajillo (Cylindropuntia leptocaulis)Autor
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Relative of the prickly pear cactus. Also known as turkey pear, the spines in the cactus has a bit of a hook in it and small spines. It will hurt if it gets stuck and hard to take out. The reason why it has the name a Christmas cactus, is due to the fruit it holds. It resembles Christmas ornaments and this a Christmas tree.
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Muérdago (Phoradendron leucarpum)Autor
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Mistletoe is parasitic like. Branching itself on another tree and getting its nutrients from another tree instead of the ground like other plants. Do not eat as it’s acidic and not very good for digestion.
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Tullidora (Karwinskia humboldtiana)Autor
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No thorns on this bush, but will bear fruit in the later seasons.
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Espino (Senegalia berlandieri)Autor
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Looks like any other brush surrounding it from a distance, but on closer inspection has details that make it unique. It has small rounded leaves with wood like stem. Leaves stemming out in groups instead of individually.
