The photo above is of the Gila River as it flows through the Preserve. Below is a shot of a Cottonwood root. Cottonwoods are phreatophyts (they have a tap root which reaches to the water table), and they grow in profusion along the Gila River.
08 May 2007
May 5, 2007
Saturday, Steve and I took a drive up Highway 180 towards the Nature Conservancy's Gila Riparian Preserve. (The Gila River in New Mexico is one of the last free-flowing rivers in the Southwest.) It was a beautiful day and we had a nice walk along the river and in the Preserve.
The photo above is of the Gila River as it flows through the Preserve. Below is a shot of a Cottonwood root. Cottonwoods are phreatophyts (they have a tap root which reaches to the water table), and they grow in profusion along the Gila River.
The photo above is of the Gila River as it flows through the Preserve. Below is a shot of a Cottonwood root. Cottonwoods are phreatophyts (they have a tap root which reaches to the water table), and they grow in profusion along the Gila River.
