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CH: AHHHH! I don't wanna live with Dad!
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Ecological significance of the Owyhee Desert: Saltbrush-greasewood vegetation and the strange distribution range of some desert-loving Great Basin reptile species in southern Idaho
Take a look at these fascinating distribution ranges of reptile species that mostly live in “desert-like” biomes, yet have small populations that extend into a narrow corridor in southern Idaho. These animals have used a corridor of desert-like vegetation to follow the Owyhee River canyon into a small pocket of southwestern Idaho, south of Boise.
Here’s a look at the Owyhee River canyon in Oregon, very close to the Idaho border. This is the river that partially allows saltbrush-greasewood vegetation to extend northward from the Great Basin and into Idaho. (Photo by US BLM.)
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Here are 4 lovely reptiles that best represent this phenomenon.
Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores):
Great Basin whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris tigris):
Variable groundsnake (Sonora semiannulata):
Long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei):
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Here are their distribution ranges.
You can see that these reptiles generally live in the Great Basin of central Nevada, as well as in Arizona, Utah, or New Mexico - regions dominated by “true” deserts like the Sonoran Desert, Mojave Desert, and Chihuahuan Desert. However, each of these species has a distribution range that extends along a narrow corridor into southwestern Idaho.
Great Basin collared lizard:
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Great Basin whiptail:
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Variable groundsnake:
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Long-nosed snake:
(All of the reptile photos and distribution maps come from the wonderful Gary Nafis of California Herps. The site is a fantastic resource for learning about amphibians and reptiles in the Pacific Northwest and California.)
Weird.
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Here’s a big part of why this happened.
These are maps of “potential natural vegetation” which basically depict the distribution of vegetation biomes before alteration and degradation by Euro-American colonizers.
The base layer here comes from the great map created by Kuchler and friends (1970).
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Here’s a look at the Owyhee Canyonlands region, which includes sub-regions like the Owyhee Desert. (Map by Wikimedia contributor Shannon1, here.)
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Here’s a look at shadscale saltbrush (Atriplex confertifolia), an important species in this biome. (Photo by Great Basin Seeds.)
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Here’s a look at greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus). (Photo by Wikimedia user Cory Msylett.)
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Here’s a look at a typical saltbrush-greasewood environment in Idaho’s so-called Owyhee Desert area. (Photo by summitpost user gr8basin.)
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Here’s another view of the Owyhee Desert near the border of Oregon and Idaho. (Photo by Hart Images, at Fine Art America.)
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Much of the Owyhee River is formally designated as a Wild and Scenic River. Here’s a view of the canyon and some desert vegetation from Owyhee Canyon Overlook. (Photo by US BLM.)
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From Shannon1 on wikipedia, the starting point of our trip and the watershed of Toro Creek marked in green.
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Chrys and Cyerra
<real teen era, don't mind me ugly crying cuz my babies are aging soon>
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Clayre is officially a young adult. She isn't in any rush to leave home yet though.
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Cyerra (Gen 2 Heir) has aged up into a teen
#dont know if i should say yet#lol#yeah#i love her#Last born is heir in this legacy#ts4 legacy#stric#ts4 gameplay#shannon1#cyerra#shannong1
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scenes from harvestfest...
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We found a little bear on Plopsy named "Claire the bear". We had to get it for our Clayre bear
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Like mother like daughter
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Clayre is basically the only one who cooks in the house on a regular basis.
*its how annoyed she looks after the stove breaks
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The kiddos are growing up!
p.s If yall can point me to some teens on the gallery I would be very appreciative
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Chrys.... really...
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Clayre is such a natural beauty
In mind I imagine she is now more of a "real" teen like 17-18 especially since Chyrs and Cyerra are soon to be 12-ish
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Oh, and then this happened... EEEEE
<Natalie Jang was not amused.
yall this is so funny to me XD I'm cackling
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Un: Hey Mom!
Jh: Hmm hey Uniq. What do you want?
Un: Okay, I need money. You know Uriah left and we're struggling Mom.
Jh: Fine. *sigh*
+$2,000
Uriah was a detective who brought in most of the money for the household. Y'all remember when Uniq just up and quit her job? Well, now she has to start all over again and the mortgage is high!
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