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New Mexico Locust Robinia neomexicana, from the Legume Family is blooming on the North Rim. The flowers smell very sweet, but don’t get too close as this shrub or small tree is covered with spines.
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The Native Americans that lived here 1,000 years ago ate the raw flowers; however the seeds, bark and root are toxic to humans.
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The Native Americans that lived here 1,000 years ago ate the raw flowers; however the seeds, bark and root are toxic to humans.
If I hadn’t been with visitors on a Nature Walk today I would have sampled the flowers. Let you know later how they taste.
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As the sun slowly sinks the shadows rise on the canyon walls.
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Until the colors of earth and sky begin to merge.
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Until the colors of earth and sky begin to merge.