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My patience was running out. It was nearing sunset on a September afternoon along Fiftymile Bench south of Escalante, Utah, and a moderate breeze was blowing my maps and field notebook pages all over the hood of a Ford Bronco. I was running low on energy after an afternoon of prospecting in the lower Morrison … [Read more…]

What is a cycad? Cycads are plants which are often confused with ferns or palms, but are closely related to neither. It is easy to see why the mix-up arises. Tree ferns, palms, and cycads all have a central trunk topped by a whorl of leaves, usually without any side branches. The leaves of cycads, … [Read more…]