WAKEEM / TESCHNER NATURE PRESERVE AT RESLER CANYON Preview

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Entrance

Parking is available in the residential area. Enter through the side of the yellow gate and follow the established trail.

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Creosote Bush

Watch Frontera’s Education Program Manager talk about the creosote bush for Flower Friday! In Spanish the creosote bush is called La Gobernadora, because it makes it hard for other plants to grow around it. It blooms beautiful yellow flowers which attract many pollinators such as carpenter bees and honey bees. The creosote bush is famous for the unique smell that comes off the leaves.

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Desert Willow

Watch Frontera’s Education Program Manager talk about the Desert Willow for Flower Friday! The flowers have a tubular shape, and are a pink purple color. In Spanish they are called Sauce del Desierto. They are not true willows. The leaves can be made into tea and help with coughs.

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Soaptree Yucca

Watch Frontera’s Education Program Manager talk about the soaptree yucca for Flower Friday! In Spanish it is called La Palmilla. Native Americans would use the roots of the yucca as a sort of soap to clean. The soaptree yucca blooms beautiful white flowers, which attract many pollinators such as hummingbirds, and the flowers are edible.

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Coyotes

Watch Frontera’s Education Program Manager talk about the Coyote for Fur Friday!The word coyote comes from the Nahuatl word coyotl, which means trickster. Coyotes have a black tiped tail, with tan brown top coat, and white underbelly. They are omnivores and their diet includes small mammals and mesquite pods.