BUTTERYFLY TALK! (OYAMEL)

Written By Alex Crowson
 

Have you ever seen a column of gold (orange)? It may just be an oyamel (Abies religiosa), the sacred fir. Every year countless Monarch butterflies pilgrimage to the mountains of Mexico to spend their winter months clinging to these trees, but why? (Spoiler: we don't know.)

Oyamel
(Abies religiosa)

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
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Additional Reading:

The Oyamel (Abies religiosa)
Oyamel fir fact sheet
Demystifying Monarch Butterfly Migration
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Abies in Mexico and Mesoamerica

 
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