Mojave Desert Shrubs
Known as the high desert mojave national preserve has elevations from 938 feet at zzyzx to 7 929 feet at clark mountain.
Mojave desert shrubs. The desert woodrats strongly preferred creosotebush foliage of relatively low resin content. Shrubs rabbitbrush chrysothamnus viscidiflorus general distribution. The range in elevation diversifies plant life. The mojave desert has sparse vegetation with about 200 endemic unique plants not found in neither the.
Plants of the mojave desert unique plants. California juniper it occurs on desert slopes from the western edge of the colorado desert and joshua tree national. Plants with spongy shallow roots in which water is stored for future use and phreatophytes i e. Species now restricted to the high elevations of the desert mountains such as pinyon pine pinus monophylla p.
Yellow rabbitbrush is one of the most widely distributed shrubs on rangelands throughout western north america. Most of the plants found here are either xerophytes i e. Creosotebush occurs throughout the mojave sonoran and chihuahuan deserts. It occurs from british columbia south to southeastern california and east to north dakota arizona new mexico and texas.
Creosote bush creosotebush occurs throughout the mojave sonoran and chihuahuan deserts. Its distribution extends from. Mojave yucca mojave yucca can be arborescent or shrublike with single or clumped. These plants have adapted themselves to the harsh conditions of the mojave desert very well.
A 2 to 3 foot high grayish white shrub the common saltbush is the dominant plant of the mojave desert. Plants which sport long taproots which help them obtain water from deep inside the ground. Its distribution extends from southern california. It has been found that 27 5 percent of creosotebush seed mericarps on a mojave desert site showed signs of postdispersal rodent predation.
Relict stands of white fir juniper and pinyon pines are found at higher elevations while yuccas joshua trees and cholla are found lower.