San Diego Reader: Harper Canyon: home to ironwood trees, dramatic geology and desert bighorn sheep
Harper Canyon: home to ironwood trees, dramatic geology and desert bighorn sheep
Ironwood (Olneya tesota) is a beautiful leguminous tree native to the Sonoran desert. It produces a very dense wood, hence its name. Ironwoods are very well-adapted to our desert, and are relatively ...
Arizona Daily Star: Ironwood bloom among best in years: Desert's 'grand old man' is dressed in pink
Parts of Tucson are looking pretty in pink, as local ironwood trees dress up for what botanists are calling one of the best blooms in years. “It has been since before COVID that we have had such a ...
Ironwood bloom among best in years: Desert's 'grand old man' is dressed in pink
This year marks the 25th year since the Ironwood Forest National Monument was proclaimed in June of 2000. The Monument boundary includes 189,000 acres of natural Sonoran Desert and includes seven sky ...
Mature ironwoods around Tucson make the oldest saguaros look like mere youngsters by comparison. “Estimates show some (ironwood) trees to be 800 years old, and it is likely that they live even longer, ...
Harper Canyon is home to hundreds of magnificent ironwood trees (Olneya terota). They can become quite large and, though the pinnately compound leaves don’t provide abundant shade, they are evergreen ...
This video features the process of turning a decorative egg from a hybrid blank of Desert Ironwood and resin. Known for its density and beauty, Desert Ironwood combined with vibrant resin results in a ...