Wayne's Word Index Noteworthy Plants Trivia Lemnaceae Biology 101 Botany Search  Wildflowers   Travertine Wash   Palo Verde Wash   Smoke Tree Wash   S. Palm Wash   Hawk Can   Butler Can   Raven Can   Henderson Can   Alma Can   Plants  Coyote Creek 3  Coyote Creek 1     Coyote Creek 2     Coyote Creek 3     Coyote Creek 4     Coyote Creek 5  © W.P. Armstrong 12 April 2010 Boulder Alley, Collins Valley & Sheep Canyon Near Summit Of Boulder Alley Road An unfortunate Toyota truck (red arrow) being towed down Boulder Alley by a Landrover Discovery and a Hummer (H1). On its descent down the steep grade, the Toyota truck rolled over. Luckily the driver was not injured (at least physically). The truck and nearby creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) sustained considerable damage. Boraginaceae: Cryptantha utahensis (Scented Forget-Me-Not) Cryptantha utahensis at boulder alley above the third crossing. See Cryptantha barbigera     See Cryptantha ganderi (1)     See Cryptantha ganderi (2) See Cryptantha pterocarya See Cryptantha nevadensis Polemoniaceae: Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima (Bristly Langloisia)  Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima in South Palm Wash  Polemoniaceae: Eriastrum diffusum (Miniature Woolly-Star) Between Boulder Alley & Collins Valley Solanaceae: Lycium fremontii (Fremont's Desert Thorn)  See Lycium andersonii in Butler Canyon  Collins Valley En Route To Sheep Canyon Sheep Canyon and "Square Top Mountain" in the distance. . Bedrock grinding stone. Author's pen recovered from previous visit. Ephedraceae: Ephedra californica (California Ephedra) A large, old California ephedra (Ephedra californica) in Collins Valley. Seed cones of female Ephedra californica. Red About Welwitschia & Ephedra  Parallel Evolution of Vessels In Ephedra  Asclepiadaceae (Apocynaceae): Sarcostemma cynanchoides ssp. hartwegii (Climbing Milkweed) Ranunculaceae: Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum (Desert Larkspur) Papaveraceae: Argemone munita (Prickly Poppy) Prickly poppy (Argemone munita) and ornate checkered beetle (Trichodes ornatus). . Asteraceae: Eriophyllum wallacei (Wallace's Woolly Daisy) Crassulaceae: Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides (Panamint Dudleya) Cactaceae: Echinocereus engelmannii (Hedgehog Cactus) Rosaceae: Prunus fremontii (Desert Apricot) Crustose Rock Lichens: Caloplaca (Red) & Acarospora (Chartreuse) High altitude lenticular cloud over Anza-Borrego Desert. Return To WAYNE'S WORD Home Page Return To NOTEWORTHY PLANTS Page Go To Biology GEE WHIZ TRIVIA Page Go To The LEMNACEAE ON-LINE Page All text material & images on these pages copyright © W.P. Armstrong