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Mare & foal in Navajo spinach - Keet Seel Canyon

We had been puzzled by some of the animal tracks on this hike. They looked like unshod mule and small unshod donkey. As we were hiking out our mystery was solved when we saw this mare and foal. We would get within about 100 yards and they would run about 200 yards away. We would stalk to about 100 yards and they would run 200 yards away again. Finally they got tired of our game and ran away.

The flowers in the foreground are Navajo spinach. Lots of Navajo spinach in bloom on our hike up Keet Seel Canyon.

www2.nau.edu/~sw-ptry/pbot/pbot%20manual/laura%20C/LauraC...
Beeweed is a grass that is an important plant with many uses. It was boiled to a syrupy black consistency that was then used as a binder in pigment. The pigment was used by Native Americans to paint pottery (Hermanson 1997). The greens of the plant were often used in cooking and the seeds were also edible (Matthews and Peterson 2002). Beeweed also has medicinal properties. This plant has been cultivated in many different regions and the leaves have a tar-like smell. This plant is also related to capers (Van Ness 2001

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_serrulata
Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mountain beeweed, Rocky Mountain bee-plant, spider-flower, stinking-clover, Navajo spinach) is a species of Cleome, native to western North America from southern British Columbia, east to Minnesota and Illinois, and south to New Mexico and northernmost California. It is also naturalized further east in North America. [1][2][3]

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Taken in: United States / Arizona / Navajo (show map)

Taken on: August 4, 2012

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Camera: Canon PowerShot G12, f/4.5, 1/320 sec, 30.5mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot G12
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	30.5mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ACD Systems Digital Imaging
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