Index

Title Image Number Country Region GeolType Locale Formation VegType1 VegType2 Special SlideType Notes Elevation Species1Common Species1Scientific
Details | 01347_s_9acrmnbz31949 j 5C US New Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert desert grassland New Mexico Photo high plateau grassland and mesquite near Chiricana National Park in Southeast Arizona 4500 mesquite Prospis sp. Details
Details | 01348_s_9acrmnbz31950 j 5D US New Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert desert grassland New Mexico Photo Location: in high grass wesst of Tularosa, New Mexico at limits of creosote 5000 Details
Details | 01349_s_9acrmnbz31951 j 1A US New Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert desert grassland New Mexico Photo NM-075: close-up of grass cover 0 Details
Details | 01350_s_9acrmnbz31952 j 1B US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub Texas Photo T-075: dense, small creosote, definite invasion 0 creosote bush Larrea tridentata Details
Details | 01351_s_9acrmnbz31953 j 1C US New Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub New Mexico Photo NM-073: 5800'; complex juniper, grass, Larrea 5800 juniper Juniperus sp. Details
Details | 01352_s_9acrmnbz31954 j 1D US Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub Mexico Photo barren grazing land with creosote, 55 mi south of Juarez, Mexico 0 creosote bush Larrea tridentata Details
Details | 01353_s_9acrmnbz31955 j 2A US New Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub New Mexico Photo wind action in desert: yucca inflorescence 0 yucca Yucca sp. Details
Details | 01354_s_9acrmnbz31956 j 2B US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert desert dunes Texas Photo sand hills south of El Paso, Texas: creosote, mesquite, legume 0 mesquite Prospis sp. Details
Details | 01356_s_9acrmnbz31958 j 2C US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub Texas Photo T-077: 9 miles west of Van Horn, many dead branches, "pure" creosote; 4500' 4500 creosote bush Larrea tridentata Details
Details | 01355_s_9acrmnbz31957 j 2D US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub New Mexico Photo NM-076: 9 mi north of Truth or Consequences, "pure creosote" - 18% cover 0 creosote bush Larrea tridentata Details
Details | 01357_s_9acrmnbz31959_z j 3B US Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub Mexico Photo low creosote, 10 mi east of Saltillo, Mexico 0 creosote bush Larrea tridentata Details
Details | 01358_s_9acrmnbz31960 j 3C US New Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub New Mexico Photo New Mexico; no Larrea on north-facing slope 0 Details
Details | 01359_s_9acrmnbz31961 j 3D US Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert desert dunes Mexico Photo creosote, mesquite on white sand hills 20 mi south of Juarez. 0 Details
Details | 01360_s_9acrmnbz31962 j 4A US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub Texas Photo T-072: Fouquieria and Larrea community in Big Bend. 0 ocotillo Fouquieria splendens Details
Details | 01361_s_9acrmnbz31963 j 4B US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert desert annual Texas Photo Big Bend "carpet" of annuals - Pectis? in October 0 Details
Details | 01362_s_9acrmnbz31964 j 4C US New Mexico Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert desert grassland New Mexico Photo NM-074: 16 mi north of Socorro, 4800', burrow grass (28%), Larrea (2%), 65 cm 4800 Details
Details | 01363_s_9acrmnbz31965 j 4D US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert rain storm Texas Photo thundershower near Laredo, Texas 0 Details
Details | 01364_s_9acrmnbz31966 j 5A US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Big Bend NP Texas Photo Big Bend National Park, 4500' (above creosote zone at 3500 feet) 4500 Agave parryi Details
Details | 01365_s_9acrmnbz31967 j 5B US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub Texas Photo T-076: 8 miles east of Van Horn at 3900'; Burro grass, most common grass species (43%) Larrea (15%) total coverage (58%) 3900 burro grass Details
Details | 01366_s_9acrmnbz31968 j 5C US Texas Valley Chihuahuan Desert Warm Desert Chihuahuan scrub Texas Photo T-070: simpler community in Big Bend - Larrea most common (18%), total coverage 28% 0 Details