• Phone Number520-689-2723
  • E-Mailinfo@ag.arizona.edu
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

My CMS

  • Natural History
  • Musings, Yarns, Rants
  • Field Trips
  • Edibles
  • Interviews
  • Tech
  • About us
    • BTA website
    • eNewsletter
    • Events
    • Contact

The Flight of Frutarians

July 3, 2016 By kstone 1 Comment

fruits comparison graphic1 400x copy

From left: Condalia globosa, Geofroea decorticans, Celtis pallida, Sambucus sp., Berberis sp., Koeberlinia spinosa

It takes a patient, thoughtful observer like Arboretum volunteer and birder Jack Bartley to point out the mid-summer bounty of fruit-eating opportunities for wildlife at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. It’s not only about the ripening of red, ripe saguaro fruits–which is huge–but also about the fruiting potential of hundreds of other plants, like desert hackberries and condalias that are growing in the Arboretum’s plant collections and dare to fruit in the middle of the summer. Jack is keenly aware that knowing what birds eat is the best way to find them, and he reminded me of a half dozen fruiting shrubs that he had seen earlier that day. [Read more…]

Facebooktwittertumblr

Filed Under: Edibles, Natural History, Summer, The Arboretum Tagged With: avian, birds, birdwatchers, desert ediblesrry, edible landscaping, food sources, fruit, human, landscaping, nutrition, shrubs, summer, survival, tasty, treats, wildlife elderberry

Superior
62°
clear sky
humidity: 54%
wind: 9mph NE
H 65 • L 46
Weather from OpenWeatherMap

Recent Posts

  • An Interview with Laurence Garvie
  • Introducing Our New Director – Dr. Sy Sohmer
  • Mark Siegwarth
  • Aloes
  • Incredible Edibles of the Arboretum
Facebooktwitterrssyoutubetumblrinstagram

Most popular posts

Sorry. No data so far.

Copyright © 2019 · Boyce Thompson Arboretum