{"id":75398,"date":"2017-06-20T14:06:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T21:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=75398"},"modified":"2017-06-20T14:06:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T21:06:45","slug":"diversity-in-the-desert-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=75398","title":{"rendered":"Diversity in the Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_75400\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75400\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-75400 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mountain-skyline-in-Craters-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mountain-skyline-in-Craters-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mountain-skyline-in-Craters-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mountain-skyline-in-Craters-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mountain-skyline-in-Craters-500x208.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-75400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking North at the Sawtooth Range from Laidlaw Park<\/p><\/div>\n<p>May in South-Central\u00a0Idaho is\u00a0bursting with beautiful wildflowers, covered with blankets of\u00a0lush grasses, and offering\u00a0an unexpectedly wide range of daily temperatures. I did not realize how desert-like this part the state is! So far, my\u00a0time working with\u00a0Danelle has been absolutely wonderful\u00a0as we have mostly spent our days exploring the complexity of the\u00a0Shoshone field office and the &#8220;tiny super bloom&#8221; that is currently in progress. The majority of our field work has been\u00a0west of the Craters of the Moon National Park\u00a0on several &#8220;kipukas&#8221;,\u00a0large\u00a0patches of land surrounded by volcanic lava flows, each with a unique plant community.<\/p>\n<p>When I first arrived,\u00a0I was unaware of how abundant the wildflowers were, and quickly learned to squint in order to see the astonishing diversity of spring time inflorescences.\u00a0I am thrilled to\u00a0be familiar with much of the common herbs and grasses after only a few field trips and remain\u00a0eager\u00a0to learn\u00a0more about seed collection, sagebrush, and general range ecology. Moreover, Danelle and the other interns have been delightful to work with as we have had the pleasure of experiencing some magical\u00a0country and\u00a0encountering unexpected blooms.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75413\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75413\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-75413 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crater-butte-cropped-600x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crater-butte-cropped-600x185.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crater-butte-cropped-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crater-butte-cropped-1024x315.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crater-butte-cropped-500x154.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-75413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crater Butte<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In sum, I&#8217;ve been awestricken by the snowcapped Sawtooth skyline,\u00a0expansiveness of the landscape, and the\u00a0overall diversity of the Shoshone\u00a0vegetation.\u00a0Til next time, you can find\u00a0me whispering scientific names to myself as I roam blissfully through the vast Idaho country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75401\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75401\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-75401 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mystery-Ranunc-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-75401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mystery Ranunc! (<em>Ranunculus andersonii<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_75402\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75402\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-75402 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Viola-Beckwithii-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-75402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of my favorites (<em>Viola beckwithii<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_75412\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75412\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-75412 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/shoshone-falls-600x286.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/shoshone-falls-600x286.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/shoshone-falls-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/shoshone-falls-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/shoshone-falls-500x238.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/shoshone-falls.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-75412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shoshone Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May in South-Central\u00a0Idaho is\u00a0bursting with beautiful wildflowers, covered with blankets of\u00a0lush grasses, and offering\u00a0an unexpectedly wide range of daily temperatures. I did not realize how desert-like this part the state is! 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