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TOC: Nature info for the Tucson Mountains, AZ

Checklists:

• Checklist A: Amphibians and reptiles of the Tucson Mountains
• Checklist B: Birds of the Tucson Mountains
• Checklist C: Mammals of the Tucson Mountains

Links to related sites:

• Plants, animals and minerals found at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
  http://www.desertmuseum.org/infocards.html, links to photo guides for birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians (lizards, snakes, toads and more), arthropods (including insects), trees, shrubs, cacti, and minerals of the Sonoran Desert.
• The Geologic Origin of the Sonoran Desert
  http://www.desertmuseum.org/natural_history/geologic_origin.html, explanation of the development of the Basin and Range geology of the Tucson area, including the Tucson Mountains.
• Rebuilding Mountains: mines, minerals & geology in the Tucson Mountains
  http://www.desertmuseum.org/research/tucsongeology.html
• The Desert in Bloom: how, when, and why
  http://www.desertmuseum.org/exh_bloom.html, what are desert wildflowers, flowering seasons, predicting desert wildflower blooms, wildflower forecast and report for this year
• Flowering plants of the Southwest deserts
  http://www.rimjournal.com/arizyson/wldflowr/indexswd.htm, photo guide to wildflowers, cactus, shrubs and trees.

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