CSSA VOL.94, Fall 2022, No.3 An Appreciation for Tim Harvey Peter Breslin The CSSA Conservation Committee Requests Proposals The CSSA Conservation Committee A new Agave (Asparagaceae, Agavoideae) from central Oaxaca, Mexico Greg D. Starr, Tristan J. Davis & Gonzalo Juárez García Deserts in the Pacific Northwest? A Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium botanical experience Bryon Jones Ruins, rock art, and roasting pits: Agaves as living archaeological relics Ron Parker Two new species of Sansevieria in Northeastern Africa Robert H. Webb & Leonard E. Newton Opuntia winter colors Root Gorelick Supporting the mutual affair of agaves and bats Steve Plath Mysterious names for Echinocereus: your help is requested! Michael J. Lange

On the cover: The surprisingly diverse and thriving Baja Garden at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Tacoma, WA. See the article for more about this xeric horticultural paradise in the Pacific Northwest. Photo by Bryon Jones. Back cover: Vivid hot pink flowers of the narrowly restricted endemic, Echinocereus ledingii, found only in a small area of southeastern Arizona, in the Peloncillo Mountains, near the town of Safford. Photo by Michael Lange.