A Never-Ending Story...
204 Species. This finally inputs all my observations in this area to-date -- 573 -- beginning back in March and ending June 29. Because I'm the worst identifier of our group and was truly guessing at some species, the total might be as low as the 190s. Dr. E.H. added 20+ new species and 50 observations this evening and they are rock-solid IDs by one of the best, and I think the Doc is caught up as well.
I am pleased that those last observations include a favorite genus of mine, Oenothera, I had hoped to see Oxytropis lambertii stubs among the mowed-down damaged plants on the caliche knoll but just didn't spot them. Maybe somebody else can. Maybe they'll come back and bloom next year. For me and likely for others, it began and ended as a labor of love, and as with all love stories there are elements of pain and loss. But it doesn't end, does it? This project continues...
Imperfect as it is, this survey of species -- think of it as a protracted bioblitz -- establishes a baseline against which future change can be measured. And it all was up until the last month quite inadvertent; after hours of exploration and hundreds of photos I received a hint in mid-May from a city employee that change was coming and the picture has clarified only in the last four days.
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It never ends!!! :). Keep adding more and more observations! Don’t forget to focus on the little bitty bugs too — you’ll notice a tremendous amount of diversity of different bugs on different plants.
What I’ve enjoyed the most is to see the changes year after year. I’ll notice something in abundance one year, and then rare the next...
It’s just like learning — it never ends. Who would want it to?!? :)
Keep it up, Barry!
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