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Roadside Grasses, including the newly discovered roadside Trailing Grama

August 20, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am MST

Sunday 20 August

8am to 10am

Meet on the north side of the Trader Joe’s Parking area on the SE corner of Magee/Oracle

Limit: 12 participants

RSVP to tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com

 Roadsides are unlikely but surprising places to find dozens of native (and non-native) grasses. Join John Scheuring on a driving grass tour of roadside basins briming with various grass species. This will be a great way to learn our common grasses by seeing them side-by-side in bloom.  We will also see Trailing Grama Grass (Bouteloua diversispicula), the newly discovered roadside species common in Sonora that had only been previously found in Arizona in one remote area of Ironwood Forest. We will not park or walk on busy roadways but bring a reflective vest if you have one.

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Date:
August 20, 2023
Time:
8:00 am - 10:00 am MST