Friday, December 23, 2005

A new variety of Andropogon glomeratus?

Bushy bluestem is generally taller than a RGVCECB canteen. But not the particular one pictured to the east. It's a dwarf one, genetically determined to be short, maybe. Or perhaps it was cloned in South Korea and got over here some way or another. Perhaps some careless or carefree person poured Old Crow on it to stunt its growth. Truth be told, we don't know why it's so dang short.

Andy Glom and the rest of these plants (below) are on Cow Creek limestone with some Hensell sand thrown in the cracks and fissures. Locale is western Travis County in the vicinity of Hamilton Pool. Nice that this land has become a Travis County park and not something else again and it very well could have become something else again.

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