Day 51 (D-10) Desert Botanical Garden
Desert Botanical Garden is a 140-acre (57 hectares) botanical garden located in Papago Park in Phoenix.
Established at this site in 1939, the garden now has more than 50,000 plants, one-third of which are native to the area, including 379 species, which are rare, threatened or endangered.
Of special note are the rich collections of agave (4,026 plants) and cacti (13,973 plants) especially the Opuntia sub-family (commonly called prickly pear).
Plants from less extreme climate conditions are protected under shadehouses. Desert Botanical Garden focuses on plants adapted to desert conditions, including an Australian collection, a Baja California collection and a South American collection. Several ecosystems are represented: a mesquite bosque, semidesert grassland, and upland chaparral.
My best,
Jane
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-- desert = DON’T FORGET THE PRONUNCIATION OF DESERT, which is NOT DESSERT.
-- threatened = menacé
-- prickly = qui pique
-- prickly pear = figue de Barbarie
-- shadehouses = ombrières
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