View of hegeria growing in the Roosevelt Conservation District near Mesa, Arizona, [s.d.]

Photograph of a view of hegeria growing in the Roosevelt Conservation District near Mesa, Arizona, [s.d.]. The plants resemble corn and can be seen growing in neat rows at right. At left, a grassy field borders the hegeria. This 40,000 acre crop was the first grown in this former desert.

本照片拍摄于亚利桑那州梅萨（Mesa）附近的罗斯福保护区（Roosevelt Conservation District），记录了当地生长的赫格利亚作物（hegeria），拍摄日期不详（[s.d.]）。该作物外形酷似玉米，画面右侧可见其被整齐栽种成垄；画面左侧的草地与该作物种植区毗邻。这片占地4万英亩的作物是这片昔日荒漠中首次种植的作物。