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Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Chiricahua National Monument
In Cooperation with the University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Chiricahua National Monument Open-File Report 2008-1023 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey National Park Service This page left intentionally blank. In cooperation with the University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Chiricahua National Monument By Brian F. Powell, Cecilia A. Schmidt, William L. Halvorson, and Pamela Anning Open-File Report 2008-1023 U.S. Geological Survey Southwest Biological Science Center Sonoran Desert Research Station University of Arizona U.S. Department of the Interior School of Natural Resources U.S. Geological Survey 125 Biological Sciences East National Park Service Tucson, Arizona 85721 U.S. Department of the Interior DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Mark Myers, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2008 For product and ordering information: World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS For more information on the USGS-the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment: World Wide Web:http://www.usgs.gov Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS Suggested Citation Powell, B.F., Schmidt, C.A., Halvorson, W.L., and Anning, Pamela, 2008, Vascular plant and vertebrate inventory of Chiricahua National Monument: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1023, 104 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1023/]. Cover photo: Chiricahua National Monument. Photograph by National Park Service. Note: This report supersedes Schmidt et al. (2005). Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. -
YUCCA, SOTOL and NOLINA Variety Sheet
YUCCA, SOTOL and NOLINA Variety Sheet YUCCA SIZE ZONE DESCRIPTION This adaptable Yucca grows in full sun to light, filtered shade and can grow to 10' tall Yucca rostrata/Beaked Yucca 10' x 5' Zone 5 and 3' wide. Its blue-green narrow leaves end in a sharp terminal spine. It is a slow to moderate grower and is cold hardy to -20° F. Yucca pendula (recurvifolia) Soft Named for its graceful, bending blue-green leaves, Soft Leaf Yucca is adaptable to sun 6' x 6' Zone 7 Leaf Yucca or shade. Tall white blooms tower above the plant in the summer. This low clumping yucca can eventually form wide clumps with up to 30 heads. Tall Yucca pallida/Pale Leaf Yucca 1'-2' x 1'-3' Zone 6 flower stalks with pure white bell-shaped floweres are produced in the late spring. Twistleaf Yucca is native to Central Texas. This low-growing Yucca tolerates full sun to Yucca rupicola/Twistleaf Yucca 2' x 2-3' Zone 6 shade. It produces 5' spikes of creamy-white flowers in the summer. This trunk-forming Yucca can reach 12' tall. The powder-blue leaves have yellow Yucca rigida/Blue Yucca 12' x 8' Zone 6 margins and are fairly rigid. It thrives in well-drained soil in full sun or light shade. Yucca filamentosa 'Color This heat and drought tolerant Yucca grows in full to part sun. The green and yellow 2'-3' x2'-3' Zone 4 Guard'/Color Guard Yucca striped leaves add accent color to the landscape. This low-growing Yucca has stiff sword-shaped leaves with a green center and yellow Yucca flaccida 'Bright Edge'/Bright 2' x 2' Zone 4 margins. -
Breakf As T Sides Drinks
SIDES viennoiserie of pastry 9.5 mushroom & truffle selection of freshly baked frittata 12.5 pastries w/ cornish butter & three organic eggs, sautéed house-made preserves wild mushrooms, baby potatoes, papas bravas 6 coconut parfait 8 truffle manchego, rocket leaves, poblano peppers, sweet fresh organic berries, coconut shaved truffle pepper onion, chipotle yoghurt, pumpkin seed & quinoa roasted coconut madera fry up 17 fingerling potatoes, BREAKFAST two sunny side up eggs, frijoles coriander eggs benito 10.5 negro, grilled tomatoes, wagyu organic poached eggs, sautéed porridge 8 sausage, turkey bacon, mushroom, spinach & turkey bacon on organic fruit bowl 8.5 steel cut oats, nectarines, toasted sourdough crispy flour tortillas w/ smoked chef’s selection of organic acacia honey, blueberries, chipotle hollandaise seasonal stone fruits cinnamon sugar (choice of milk or water) breakfast enchiladas 14 corn tortillas filled w/ cheese, avocado toast 12.5 frijoles negros 4 diced organic tomatoes, organic poached eggs over chipotle-scented black beans berry bowl 8 mushrooms, poblano peppers, avocado served w/ baby heirloom topped w/ pico de gallo mixed organic berries maaderatreehouse caramelised onions w/ organic tomatoes on wood-fired ciabatta @ sunny side up egg, chili flakes bread finished w/ chili flakes duck bacon 5 / wagyu sausage 5 / turkey bacon 5 PAOLO SABA PAOLO fresh avocados 4 / two eggs 4 tres leches french toast 9 carne asada & eggs 17 tres leches brioche bread w/ grass-fed prime chimichurri marinated skirt steak w/ sunny executive -
Chemical Profile of Sotol Analyzed by Solid Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography
American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 (3): 261-268, 2010 ISSN 1557-4989 © 2010 Science Publications Chemical Profile of Sotol Analyzed by Solid Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography Heliodoro de la Garza, Juan Buenrostro, María Reyes-Vega, Raúl Rodríguez, Dolores G. Martinez and Cristobal N. Aguilar Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Blvd., Venustiano Carranza Col. República 25280, Saltillo Coahuila, México Abstract: Problem statement: Sotol is a distilled spirit made from Dasylirion spp., a plant (called sotol) that grows in the wilds of Northern Mexico and west Texas and New Mexico. This alcoholic beverage is produced in a similar process to the more common artisanal tequila and mescal. Sotol is also now beginning to achieve international recognition; however there are few commercial examples available, which are elaborated with poor quality and sensorial attributes un-defined. Approach: This is the first study which reported a chemical characterization of the main components of six commercial sotols, establishing the correlations among the samples and determining the similitude levels. Solid Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography (SPME-GC) was used to analyze the chemical compounds present in the sotols (Hacienda TM , Mesteno TM , Coyamito, Los Cuates, un-aged Alacrán and rested Alacran). Results: From data obtained of the analysis of main components, a total of 25 chemical compounds were found to be related with six physicochemical characteristics of sotol, explaining 66.1% of the total variance. Rested Alacran and un-aged Alacran sotols were related by the high content of propionic acid, undecanoic acid, acetic acid, buthanol and furfural and by the low contents of phenyl ethanol, decanoic acid and ethyl dodecanoic acid. -
2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Results by Class
2019 SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION RESULTS BY CLASS Brand Product Region Country Alc. Class Price Medal % Oregon Spirit Absinthe Original Oregon USA 625 Absinthe 55 Bronze Absinthia Organic Absinthe California USA 55 Absinthe 38 Bronze Supérieure Blanche Young and Fellows & California USA 60 Absinthe 50 Silver Yonder Spirits Foragers Absinthe Germain Robin Alambic Brandy USA 40 Alambic Brandy 120 Silver XO Kvint 14 Year Old Moldova 40 Alambic Brandy 40 Silver Brandy Ladismith Cape Brandy Klein Karoo South Africa 40 Alambic Brandy 40 Silver PCS Distilling NULU Reposado Kentucky USA 40 All Other Agave 50 Silver Spirits Sperling Silver Killya Organic Saskatchewan Canada 40 All Other Agave 28 Bronze Distillery Agave Spirit Spirits Mean Mule Silver American Missouri USA 40 All Other Agave 32 Bronze Distilling Co. Agave Spirit Spirits Mean Mule Gold American Missouri USA 40 All Other Agave 40 Bronze Distilling Co. Agave Spirit Spirits Ardent Spirits Agave Illinois USA 40 All Other Agave 40 Bronze Spirits Raicilla de Una Jalisco Mexico 43 All Other Agave 58 Double Spirits Gold Santo Mezquila Mexico 40 All Other Agave 55 Silver Spirits Agnesi 1799 Brandy California USA 40 American Grape 59 Silver Brandy Mastrogiannis Baton Brandy Washington USA 43 American Grape 55 Silver Brandy Germain Robin Coast Road USA 40 American Grape 80 Silver Brandy Brandy Argonaut Fat Thumb Brandy USA 43 American Grape 53 Double Brandy Gold Argonaut Saloon Strength USA 45 American Grape 29 Silver Brandy Brandy Argonaut Speculator Brandy USA 43 American Grape 39 Silver Brandy E & J Brandy XO USA 40 American Grape 10 Silver Brandy E & J Brandy VS USA 40 American Grape 10 Silver Brandy Christian Sacred Bond Kentucky USA 50 American Grape 18 Double Brothers Bottled-in-Bond Brandy Gold Brandy Corazón de Añejo Mexico 40 Añejo Tequila 35 Silver Agave Corralejo Añejo Tequila Guanajuato Mexico 40 Añejo Tequila 35 Silver Corralejo 99,000 Horas Guanajuato Mexico 40 Añejo Tequila 50 Gold Añejo Tequila Maestro Dobel Tequila Añejo Mexico 40 Añejo Tequila 42 Silver Brand Product Region Country Alc. -
GENOME EVOLUTION in MONOCOTS a Dissertation
GENOME EVOLUTION IN MONOCOTS A Dissertation Presented to The Faculty of the Graduate School At the University of Missouri In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy By Kate L. Hertweck Dr. J. Chris Pires, Dissertation Advisor JULY 2011 The undersigned, appointed by the dean of the Graduate School, have examined the dissertation entitled GENOME EVOLUTION IN MONOCOTS Presented by Kate L. Hertweck A candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy And hereby certify that, in their opinion, it is worthy of acceptance. Dr. J. Chris Pires Dr. Lori Eggert Dr. Candace Galen Dr. Rose‐Marie Muzika ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am indebted to many people for their assistance during the course of my graduate education. I would not have derived such a keen understanding of the learning process without the tutelage of Dr. Sandi Abell. Members of the Pires lab provided prolific support in improving lab techniques, computational analysis, greenhouse maintenance, and writing support. Team Monocot, including Dr. Mike Kinney, Dr. Roxi Steele, and Erica Wheeler were particularly helpful, but other lab members working on Brassicaceae (Dr. Zhiyong Xiong, Dr. Maqsood Rehman, Pat Edger, Tatiana Arias, Dustin Mayfield) all provided vital support as well. I am also grateful for the support of a high school student, Cady Anderson, and an undergraduate, Tori Docktor, for their assistance in laboratory procedures. Many people, scientist and otherwise, helped with field collections: Dr. Travis Columbus, Hester Bell, Doug and Judy McGoon, Julie Ketner, Katy Klymus, and William Alexander. Many thanks to Barb Sonderman for taking care of my greenhouse collection of many odd plants brought back from the field. -
Phoenix Active Management Area Low-Water-Use/Drought-Tolerant Plant List
Arizona Department of Water Resources Phoenix Active Management Area Low-Water-Use/Drought-Tolerant Plant List Official Regulatory List for the Phoenix Active Management Area Fourth Management Plan Arizona Department of Water Resources 1110 West Washington St. Ste. 310 Phoenix, AZ 85007 www.azwater.gov 602-771-8585 Phoenix Active Management Area Low-Water-Use/Drought-Tolerant Plant List Acknowledgements The Phoenix AMA list was prepared in 2004 by the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) in cooperation with the Landscape Technical Advisory Committee of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, comprised of experts from the Desert Botanical Garden, the Arizona Department of Transporation and various municipal, nursery and landscape specialists. ADWR extends its gratitude to the following members of the Plant List Advisory Committee for their generous contribution of time and expertise: Rita Jo Anthony, Wild Seed Judy Mielke, Logan Simpson Design John Augustine, Desert Tree Farm Terry Mikel, U of A Cooperative Extension Robyn Baker, City of Scottsdale Jo Miller, City of Glendale Louisa Ballard, ASU Arboritum Ron Moody, Dixileta Gardens Mike Barry, City of Chandler Ed Mulrean, Arid Zone Trees Richard Bond, City of Tempe Kent Newland, City of Phoenix Donna Difrancesco, City of Mesa Steve Priebe, City of Phornix Joe Ewan, Arizona State University Janet Rademacher, Mountain States Nursery Judy Gausman, AZ Landscape Contractors Assn. Rick Templeton, City of Phoenix Glenn Fahringer, Earth Care Cathy Rymer, Town of Gilbert Cheryl Goar, Arizona Nurssery Assn. Jeff Sargent, City of Peoria Mary Irish, Garden writer Mark Schalliol, ADOT Matt Johnson, U of A Desert Legum Christy Ten Eyck, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Jeff Lee, City of Mesa Gordon Wahl, ADWR Kirti Mathura, Desert Botanical Garden Karen Young, Town of Gilbert Cover Photo: Blooming Teddy bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monutment. -
To Maguey Than Tequila ARTHUR BLACK
More to Maguey than Tequila ARTHUR BLACK I. Little lore and brief history II. Primary genres of agave based spirits and NOM status III. Noms define: Bacanora (tasting), Sotol (tasting) IV. Tequila Nom – Quickly V. Mezcal Nom – Little Background VI. Tequila vs Mezcal (briefly) VII. Agave Spirit Production Variables - Extensive VIII. Agave, Taxonomy, Inulin, Notion of Terroir VIIII. Mezcal production – Insane Breakdown – Tasting 4 mezcal Before we get Started Some particular words to keep accurately in your head • MAGUEY – From Nahuatl “Mayahuel”, Goddess of fertility • AGAVE – Greek for “noble” defined by Linnaeus in 1753 • PULQUE – No disrespect, “agave beer” • MEZCAL - From Nahuatl “ixcalli” for cooked & “metl” for agave • MEZCAL WINE– Historical name prior to “Tequila Wine”, prior to “Tequila” • TEQUILA – “a place of work” • MEZCALERO – Anyone who produces mezcal • PALENQUE – A farm with a still • PALENQUERO – Anyone who produces mezcal and owns their own still MAGUEY Mayahuel - Everyone loves breasts and drunk rabbits Zapotecs – “Cloud People” Tequila/Mezcal Brief History • Agave cultivation all over Mexico is dated by historians to 2nd century BCE. By Indian legend, much earlier • Pulque is most likely North America’s first fermented beverage. • Mezcal is most likely 1st distillate. • Spaniards brought the art of distillation in 1521, but distillation precedes Spanish conquests!!!! • Despite a national, cultural tradition of mezcal production, the actual area that became Tequila, gained its reputation out of a growing concentration of distillers, hence the name, “a place of work” *Tequila was officially established in 1656 Mezcal/Tequila Brief History • First license sanctioned by Spanish crown went to Jose Maria Guadalupe Cuervo in 1795 in Tequila • Hundreds of species of Agave have been growing & cultivated for thousands of years. -
Dasylirion Wheeleri 29June2014
The Weekly Plant 29 June 2014 Common names: sotol, desert spoon, spoon lower, blue or common sotol Scientiic name: Dasylirion wheeleri1 TAV location: In front of ASA and Community Center Discussion Sotol is one of my favorite plants, but only at a distance. This Rincon Mountain native has leaves with sharp, curved spines along the edges. It is easy to catch your clothes, or your skin, on a spine. Unfortunately, freeing yourself from one spine usually means becoming attached to several others. But if you keep your distance, you’ll see that sotol has a lovely, rounded form, perfect for an accent in the landscape. Even better, it requires very little input from you. Plant it, at a distance from walkways and with enough space to let it spread, then water it for the irst two summers. It will survive with very little irrigation from then on. Sotol in the garden will grow to 6 ft wide and eventually as tall. As the trunk grows, the leaves will form a shaggy skirt around the trunk. After 7 years or so, the plant may lower. The lower stalk is thick and tall, often greater than 12 ft high. The lowers themselves are small, cream-colored, and dioecious. Dioecious lowers are only male or only female instead having both male and female parts as most lowers do. Each sotol plant is only male or only female. You don’t know if it is male or female until the plant lowers. Even then, it can be hard to determine, as the lowers are high on the plant. -
Classification and Phylogenetic Systematics: a Review of Concepts with Examples from the Agave Family
Classification and Phylogenetic Systematics: A review of concepts with examples from the Agave Family David Bogler Missouri Botanical Garden • Taxonomy – the orderly classification of organisms and other objects • Systematics – scientific study of the diversity of organisms – Classification – arrangement into groups – Nomenclature – scientific names – Phylogenetics – evolutionary history • Cladistics – study of relationships of groups of organisms depicted by evolutionary trees, and the methods used to make those trees (parsimony, maximum likelihood, bayesian) “El Sotol” - Dasylirion Dasylirion wheeleri Dasylirion gentryi Agave havardii, Chisos Mountains Agavaceae Distribution Aristotle’s Scala Naturae Great Chain of Being 1579, Didacus Valades, Rhetorica Christiana hierarchical structure of all matter and life, believed to have been decreed by God Middle Ages Ruins of Rome Age of Herbalists Greek Authorities Aristotle Theophrastus Dioscorides Latin was the common language of scholars Plants and animals given Latinized names Stairway to Heaven From Llull (1304). Note that Homo is between the plant-animal steps and the sky-angel- god steps. Systematics - Three Kinds of Classification Systems Artificial - based on similarities that might put unrelated plants in the same category. - Linnaeus. Natural - categories reflect relationships as they really are in nature. - de Jussieu. Phylogenetic - categories based on evolutionary relationships. Current emphasis on monophyletic groups. - Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. Carolus Linnaeus 1707 - 1778 Tried to name and classify all organism Binomial nomenclature Genus species Species Plantarum - 1753 System of Classification “Sexual System” Classes - number of stamens Orders - number of pistils Linnaean Hierarchy Nested box-within-box hierarchy is consistent with descent from a common ancestor, used as evidence by Darwin Nomenclature – system of naming species and higher taxa. -
Networks in a Large-Scale Phylogenetic Analysis: Reconstructing Evolutionary History of Asparagales (Lilianae) Based on Four Plastid Genes
Networks in a Large-Scale Phylogenetic Analysis: Reconstructing Evolutionary History of Asparagales (Lilianae) Based on Four Plastid Genes Shichao Chen1., Dong-Kap Kim2., Mark W. Chase3, Joo-Hwan Kim4* 1 College of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2 Division of Forest Resource Conservation, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, Gyeonggi- do, Korea, 3 Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom, 4 Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Abstract Phylogenetic analysis aims to produce a bifurcating tree, which disregards conflicting signals and displays only those that are present in a large proportion of the data. However, any character (or tree) conflict in a dataset allows the exploration of support for various evolutionary hypotheses. Although data-display network approaches exist, biologists cannot easily and routinely use them to compute rooted phylogenetic networks on real datasets containing hundreds of taxa. Here, we constructed an original neighbour-net for a large dataset of Asparagales to highlight the aspects of the resulting network that will be important for interpreting phylogeny. The analyses were largely conducted with new data collected for the same loci as in previous studies, but from different species accessions and greater sampling in many cases than in published analyses. The network tree summarised the majority data pattern in the characters of plastid sequences before tree building, which largely confirmed the currently recognised phylogenetic relationships. Most conflicting signals are at the base of each group along the Asparagales backbone, which helps us to establish the expectancy and advance our understanding of some difficult taxa relationships and their phylogeny. -
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Fort Bowie National Historic Site Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Powell, Schmidt, Halvorson In Cooperation with the University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Fort Bowie National Historic Site Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Fort Bowie National Historic Site Plant and Vertebrate Vascular U.S. Geological Survey Southwest Biological Science Center 2255 N. Gemini Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Open-File Report 20 Southwest Biological Science Center Open-File Report 2005-1167 February 2007 05-1 U.S. Department of the Interior 167 U.S. Geological Survey National Park Service In cooperation with the University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Fort Bowie National Historic Site By Brian F. Powell, Cecilia A. Schmidt , and William L. Halvorson Open-File Report 2005-1167 December 2006 USGS Southwest Biological Science Center Sonoran Desert Research Station University of Arizona U.S. Department of the Interior School of Natural Resources U.S. Geological Survey 125 Biological Sciences East National Park Service Tucson, Arizona 85721 U.S. Department of the Interior DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Mark Myers, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2006 For product and ordering information: World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS For more information on the USGS-the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment: World Wide Web:http://www.usgs.gov Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS Suggested Citation Powell, B. F, C. A. Schmidt, and W. L. Halvorson. 2006. Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Fort Bowie National Historic Site.