Curious about the flora that adds authenticity to desert scenes in movies like Dune? Delve into eight desert plants that will take your breath away.

The Colorado Desert in the eastern portion of the park features natural gardens of creosote bush, ocotillo and cholla cactus. The higher, slightly cooler Mojave Desert offers ... In many cases, these ...

Other plants, such as cacti, have special means of storing ... solar energy has also created some tensions for desert habitats. In the Mojave, the 2013 arrival of the Ivanpah solar thermal plant ...

An enduring symbol of the Mojave Desert, Yucca brevifolia might be ... Yet here and there are colorful desert “gardens” of flowering ocotillo and cholla cactus. Location: California Established: ...

The tortoises pockmark the desert floor with burrows that other animals use for shelter, and disperse the seeds of native plants in their ... driving through the Mojave would take them home ...

HABITAT: The desert tortoise lives in valleys, flat areas, and dry alluvial fans and washes. In the Mojave and Colorado ... dry grass stems and cactus pads are main sources of sustenance. Tortoises ...