Western Atascosa Mountains | Wild Sonora

In the San Luis Mountains south and southwest of Arivaca.

Photographer

Sky Jacobs

Gallery Date

Thu, 10/30/2014 - 12:00

Native bunch grass

Relatively healthy native grasslands

Atascosa peak in background

Baboquivari peak

patroBorder Patrol parkingl

Butterfly on Dalea pulchra

Serro El Fresnal and ocotillo

Composite and sotol meurto

Erythrina flabelliformis in full fruit

Fresnal wash with water

Butterfly with head totally burried

Interesting jumping spider (Phidippus apacheanus)

Non-native natal grass on left, native bull grass on left

Beautiful country

Colorful seed heads

Rivina humilis with fruit

USAF flying C130s very low

Grasshoppers choose to die and branch ends

Agave parviflora ssp. parviflora

Verbena gooddingii with dew

Erythrina flabelliformis pods and beans

Sky Island

Tumacacori

Vegetation Community

Oak Savannah

Semidesert Grassland

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