Black Gap WMA

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Dagave
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Black Gap WMA

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Black Gap Wildlife Management Area is ran by the state of Texas and neighbors Big Bend National Park ImageImageImageEchinocereus enneacanthus ImageImageOpuntia azureaImage
Image Opuntia spinosibacca ImageImageImage
ImageOpuntia sp. ImageEchinocereus stramineus ImageImageEchinocereus dasyacanthus Image
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ImageYucca rostrata and Dasylirion leiophyllum ImageOpuntia spinosibacca ImageImageImage Image Opuntia rufidaImageImageEscobaria tuberculosa ImageFouquieria splendens ImageImageImage
ImageImageFerocactus hamatacanthus ImageImageImageImageImageImageHechtia texensisImageEchinocereus enneacanthus
ImageCylindropuntia kleiniae
ImageEchinocereus dasyacanthus
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ImageEchinomastus warnockiiImageEchinocereus dasyacanthus and Agave lechuguilla
ImageImageImageImageEscobaria tuberculosa ImageImage 6 foot deep cluster of Ferocactus hamatacanthus Image ‘Blue’ Yucca torreyiImageOpuntia spinosibacca and Fouquieria splendens on the Rio Grande, Mexico across.ImageCoryphantha echinus ImageEchinocereus enneacanthus ImageImage
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ImageOpuntia spinosibacca ImageImageImageYucca torreyi “blue”ImageYucca rostrata ImageImageHechtia texensisImage16 inch tall Echinocactus horizonthalonius ImageYucca rostrata ImageEuphorbia antisyphilitica ImageImageAgave lechuguilla ImageCylindropuntia kleiniae ImageEchinocereus dasyacanthus
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ImageOpuntia spinosibacca ImageImageAriocarpus fissuratus ImageMammillaria lasiacantha amd Ariocarpus fissuratusImageYucca faxoniana ImageImageImageEchinocereus dasyacanthus ImageYucca rostrata ImageImageImageImageEchinocereus dasyacanthus
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ImageAriocarpus fissuratusImageImageImageImageImageImageGrusonia aggeria
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Wow! What an incredible landscape and diversity of species! Those flowers are amazing!
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Butte County, CA, USA
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Mediterranean climate; hot, dry, sunny summers with rainy, moist, mild winters.
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Dagave
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zpeckler wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:46 am Wow! What an incredible landscape and diversity of species! Those flowers are amazing!
Thanks. Last winter was wet so everything looked incredible in April.
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Once again you have broken all standards in your picture portfolio, by mixing landscapes and macro shots. Keep it up!
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Tom in Tucson wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:29 pm Once again you have broken all standards in your picture portfolio, by mixing landscapes and macro shots. Keep it up!
Agree!
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Tom in Tucson wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:29 pm Once again you have broken all standards in your picture portfolio, by mixing landscapes and macro shots. Keep it up!
Thanks. Hopefully I’ll have some “all new”
pictures to post once things cool off.
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I echo all of the compliments, all well worthy.
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Just looked through this and the Big Bend post; what a treat! I definitely want to visit both places one day. Thanks for sharing!
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