Jennifer O'Cualain - Green Stick Gathering

This is from my "Compilation Series" where I take one plant element from an ecosystem and discuss its relationship with the birds and animals who reside near it.  

The Palo Verde is the Arizona state tree for a reason.  It lives for about 50 years... and in that time, it offers the exact amount of protection from heat and light that a baby saguaro requires in order to establish itself.  This is why it is also known as a "nurse tree".  By the time a palo verde has reached the end of its life cycle, any small saguaros beneath its spiny branches, will have found its footing.

The birds and animals around this Palo Verde have come together on a hot day to share in the shade and sanctuary of the tree.  

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