Here are more photos of the areas we visited between Laguna Chapala and El Rosario, May 5-8, 2010. Click here to return to the the main Locations page for this section.
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Arroyo Santa Inés. Lupine and Salvia in the foreground.
Arroyo Santa Inés. Standing water near highway crossing.
Arroyo Santa Inés. Mexican Blue Fan Palms, Salvia and Lupine.
Arroyo Santa Inés. Reeds at edge of standing water.
Cataviña - Rocky hillsides
Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) and Garambullo (Lophocereus schottii) in foreground; Clavelina and Barrel cactus (Ferocactus gracilis).
Fouquieria splendens, Bahiopsis laciniata,
Ocotillo with sunflower at base.
More Bahiopsis laciniata, Fouquieria columnaris, Cylindropuntia cholla, Pachycereus pringlei.
Cirio (Fouquieria columnaris), Sweetbush (Bebbia juncea), Clavelina (Cylindropuntia molesta) and Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa).
Fouquieria columnaris. Boojum tree, Cirio. Cirio leaves are drought-deciduous, here turning yellow as moisture diminishes.
Looking in a southerly direction over part of Rancho Santa Inés. Larrea tridentata (Creosote, Gobernadora) and Ocotillo in foreground.
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Well-grazed desert scrub.
Same hillside with Myrtillocactus cochal (Candelabra Cactus, left front), Cirios, Cardons.
Looking out from ridge towards northeast. Green, yellow, pink...
Hillside, climbing grade south of El Rosario.
Near top of grade, looking down into valley. Note the pink ground cover (Chorizanthe fimbriata).
Heading down from the ridge. Goldfields or other low composite flowers as far as the eye can see.
