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Elephant-ear shape seedpods. Enterolobium cyclocarpum, commonly known as conacaste, guanacaste, caro caro, devil's ear tree, monkey-ear tree, or elephant-ear tree, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas, from central Mexico south to northern Brazil and Venezuela. [2]
The arboretum's desert legume collection is the first primarily seed-based collection accredited by Plant Collections Network.The internationally recognized seed bank of 1,413 species are housed at the University of Arizona in Tucson, [5] while 121 species are grown in field plantings and the Taylor Family Desert Legume Garden at the arboretum.
The Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi), it is the hottest desert in Mexico.
They called the mountains Wi:kañacha, meaning "rough, black range of rocks" [3] The Walker Party found gold, and within a few years, the Bradshaws were filling up with settlers mining for gold, silver, and copper. By the early part of the 20th century, most of the towns that had sprung up were little more than ghost towns.
Arizona. Greaterville Hanging Tree: Oak tree outside of the ghost town Greaterville, Arizona, where Pima County police officers lynched two Mexican men for alleged cattle rustling and other crimes in 1915. Located along a dirt road in the northern Santa Rita Mountains, near the historic Greaterville townsite. [1]
Two years after finally being identified, the "Boy in the Box" case continues to haunt Philadelphia. The slain body of Joseph Augustus Zarelli, 4, was discovered in February 1957 in Philadelphia's ...
Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Wednesday, January 15, 2025The New York Times
Owned by the Croft family since 1085, the castle and estate passed out of their hands in the 18th century, before being repurchased by the family in 1923. In 1957 it was bequeathed to the National Trust. The castle is a Grade I listed building, and the estate is separately listed as Grade II*. The adjacent Church of St Michael is listed Grade I.