A wide diversity of seedlings has been germinating in the Tucson Mountains, where my research study sites are located, since the monsoon season got seriously under way 10 days ago. Watching the cryptic cotyledons flush out into cagey leaves has me playing plant detective. See how you do – which seedlings can you identify?



My guesses:
1. Senna covesii
2. Hibiscus biseptus
3. Parkinsonia microphylla