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Quercus arizonica, the Arizona white oak, is a North American tree species in the beech family. It is found in Arizona , New Mexico , western Texas , Sonora , Chihuahua , Coahuila , Sinaloa , and Durango .
In general, in much of the northern area the frost-free period is 120 days, whereas in many foothill areas and in parts of the Sierra Nevada and the Gila Wilderness in Arizona, it can be 240 days. Annual precipitation is about 15 to 20 inches (380 to 510 mm) in the more pure pine areas, but where there are combinations of pine and other ...
Tenderfoot Fire; Yarnell, Arizona [93] [94] 2019 Tilbury Fire On June 14, 2019 a fire was reported near Kearny, AZ. Quick action by the Kearny Volunteer Fire Department prevented damage to nearby structures. Pinal 22 2019 Mountain Fire This human caused fire was reported on June 7, 2019 8 miles East of the Cave Creek Ranger District Office.
On June 13, 2020, a wildfire ignited in the Tonto Basin area. The Bush Fire, as it was named, burned 193,455 acres (783 km 2), becoming Arizona's fifth largest fire on record. The fire was sufficiently contained by July 1, prompting the Incident Management Team to transition control to the Forest Service, which subsequently conducted a Burned ...
Hesperocyparis arizonica was given its first scientific name and described by Edward Lee Greene in 1882 as Cupressus arizonica, placing it in genus Cupressus. [3] [5] This description was soon after disputed by Maxwell T. Masters who, in 1896, published a journal article where he said it should be considered a subspecies of Cupressus benthamii with the variety name of arizonica. [3]
The Eaton fire has burned over 10,000 acres of land, followed by the Hurst fire at more than 500 acres and the Woodley and Olivas fires which have burned around 50 acres. All five fires were at 0% ...
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is a pyrophile, depending on fire to clear the ground for seed germination. [4] The passage of fire, by increasing temperature and releasing smoke, is necessary to raise seeds dormancy of pyrophile plants such as Cistus and Byblis an Australian passive carnivorous plant. Imperata cylindrica is a plant of Papua ...
Quercus emoryi, the Emory oak, is a species of oak common in Arizona (including inside Saguaro National Park), New Mexico and western Texas (including inside Big Bend National Park), United States, and northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila (including Parque Nacional Maderas del Carmen), Durango, Nuevo León, and San Luis Potosí).