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The Geology Tour Road was an 18-mile dirt loop that started in the Mohave Desert and circled through Pleasant Valley into the Colorado Desert, which you see here.
A very common desert plant - the Ocotillo.
A closeup of one of the thousands of Ocotillo blooms we saw.
The creosote bush. This is the most common and oldest plant in the Mojave Desert.
A closeup of the beautiful blooms of the creosote bush.
Teddybear Cholla. These plants grow in clusters only at specific elevations and in areas that get desert water runoff. We saw a large group of these plants in the transition zone between the Mojave and Colorado Deserts.
The rust colored bottom portion of these Teddybear Chollas is a normal pattern and is not related to drought or disease. Notice the little yellow buds.
Here is a close up of a Teddybear Cholla flower bud.
This is a good representation of the "forest" of Teddybear Chollas.
