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C. Also in July, and in the same habitat, the Round-tailed Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma modestum, is common (photo above), feeding on Honeypot Ants (colony below).
D. Rhus microphylla, Littleleaf Sumac (photo above), is one of the common shrubs which grows along the old mining road as you approach a gate in the fence line. This photo was taken in mid-May, earlier in the season it is covered in small white flowers.
E. Echinocereus fendleri, Fendler’s Hedgehog Cactus, is one of several cactus species found in the area. (photo top right)
F. In mid-May, Menodora
scabra, Rough Menodora,
(photo above and
BONAP US range map to
the right) and
Clammyweed, Polanisia
dodecandra, photo at the
top of the following page
(“G”) were just beginning to express themselves. In the United States, plants of the Menodora genus are limited to a range within the southwest. The range of M. scabra extends into Baja California and central/northern Mexico.