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Posted: 17 Nov 2017


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Well, yes. Sometimes!

Well, yes.  Sometimes!
Box Canyon Road in the southern Mojave Desert, in a place that gets only a few inches of rain a year--with most arriving in a single storm! The tree behind the sign is a palo verde (Parkinsonia spp.), a typical element of the Mojave flora in this area, with its range also extending east into the Sonoran desert. The name means "green stick" in Spanish and is due to the fact that the leaves are vestigial, with all the chlorophyll occurring in the trunk and twigs. It's presumably an adaptation to minimize water loss. The inset shows another individual.

Smiley Derleth, William Sutherland have particularly liked this photo


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 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Excellent desert capture and PIP!

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6 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Excellent !
6 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
You wouldn't want to be there when the flash flood comes:-)
6 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Gudrun club
They're fun to see--from high ground! ;)
6 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Thanks, William & Pam!
6 years ago.
 Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)
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I've been up there a couple of days after a flash flood, based on the remaining evidence, it becomes quite a river.
6 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs… club
I bet it's spectacular to watch at that narrows! From sufficient height, of course--

This was another nostalgia side trip--I'd taken a field class in the Orocopia Mtns just off this road by that gap, in what's now wilderness area.
6 years ago.

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