Flora of the Sonoran Desert includes six subdivisions based on vegetation types.[1]: 2–3 Two are north of the boundary between the United States and Mexico, and four are south of the boundary.[1]: 2–3 The flora of the Colorado Desert are influenced by the environment of the very dry and hot lower areas of the Colorado River valley, which may be barren, treeless, and generally have no large cacti.[1]: 3 Flora of the Arizona Upland are comparatively lush, with trees and large columnar cacti that can withstand winter frosts.[1]: 3 Those subdivisions of the Sonoran Desert which lie south of the international border are characterized by plants that cannot withstand frost.[1]: 3
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The wildflowers oftheSonoranDesert typically appear after a rain, some after the winter rains, and some after the summer "monsoons." Common name: common...
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TheSonoranDesert (Spanish: Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora,...
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(Apodemia phyciodoides). It is also of special value to native bees. Floraofthe Chihuahuan DesertFloraoftheSonoran Deserts Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower...
of northwestern Mexico.: 103 It grows in creosote bush scrub habitats, at elevations of 100–600 metres (330–1,970 ft). FloraoftheSonoranDesert Natural...
adjacent SonoranDesert areas in the Colorado Desertofthe lower Colorado River valley area, and which can withstand frost, unlike plants oftheSonoran Desert...
Desert. The Mojave Desert is distinguished from theSonoranDesert and other deserts adjacent to it by its warm temperate climate, as well as flora and...
including the near-threatened California fan palm. TheSonoranDesert lies to the northeast. The Gulf of California xeric scrub lies east ofthe Peninsular...
of southeastern Arizona, as well as the central and northern portions ofthe Mexican Plateau. It is bordered on the west by theSonoranDesert, the Colorado...
field region. Agave lechuguilla List of floraoftheSonoranDesert Region by common name Fauna oftheSonoranDesert "Agave lechuguilla". apps.cals.arizona...
to, the Colorado Desert and Yuha Desert branches oftheSonoranDesert, in the far southeasternmost portion of Southern California. The Low Desert is distinguished...
surface water. The Kalahari Desert was not always a dry desert. The fossil flora and fauna from Gcwihaba Cave in Botswana indicates that the region was much...
The Yuma Desert is a lower-elevation section oftheSonoranDesert in the southwestern United States and the northwest of Mexico. It lies in the Salton...
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species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Colorado Desert buckwheat. The herbaceous perennial plant is native to theSonoranDesertofthe Southwestern...
arid, rocky environments of northern Mexico, in Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwestern United States, in theSonoranDesert in Arizona, and also in...
plateau. Exceptions to flora adapted to aridity occur in lowland riparian areas, at springs, and in hanging gardens.: 3 The salt desert shrub is a plant community...
sandy soil and grows up to 3-feet high. List of Heliotropium species List offloraoftheSonoranDesert Region by common name Scorpiurus muricatus, sometimes...
is found in the Mojave Desert, Great Basin desert, and SonoranDesert ecoregions. It is a larval host to the common checkered skipper, northern white skipper...
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