{"id":54591,"date":"2014-04-23T12:13:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=54591"},"modified":"2014-04-23T12:13:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T19:13:02","slug":"spring-profusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=54591","title":{"rendered":"Spring Profusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As snow melts throughout much of the American Northeast, Southeastern Arizona is experiencing its second wave of spring. The first wildflowers have come and gone. Cottonwoods flowered over a month ago and many weeks have passed since they first set fruit. Winter rainfall brought the first wave, the fabulous Arizona heat leads the way for the next wave of flowers and their associated pollinators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3857.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_3857\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3857-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rains grace the Santa Rita Mountains<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The added moisture allows plants to put energy into creating flowers to reproduce all along the elevational gradient.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54590 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_3824\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3824-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3824-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3824-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3824-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3824-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fallugia paradoxa<\/em> (Apache plume)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More flowers means more nectar for pollinators. Pollinators become abundant in the profusion of food.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3816.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54589 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_3816\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3816-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3816-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3816-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3816-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3816-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Oenothera spp.<\/em> (Evening Primrose)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More pollinators (bees\/butterflies\/hummingbirds\/moths\/bats) means that there is a larger readily available food source for other creatures along the food web.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54588 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_3783\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3783-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3783-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3783-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Calliandra eriophylla<\/em> (Pink Fairy Duster)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More water = more pollinators = more life<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_3765\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3765-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fouquieria splendens<\/em>\u00a0(Ocotillo)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As snow melts throughout much of the American Northeast, Southeastern Arizona is experiencing its second wave of spring. The first wildflowers have come and gone. 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