Great Basin Flora Associations
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The Great Basin is a true cold desert and one of the poorest with respect to cactus species. Soils are derived from a gamut of rocks, including colluvial wash on mountain slopes and thick lacustrine and shore deposits associated with ancient Lake Bonneville. Joshua Trees are only patchily present as far north as southwestern Utah. Prominent woody plants of the Great Basin associated with Rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus are: Utah juniper, Juniperus osteosperma, One-needle pinyon pine, Pinus monophylla and Two-needle pinyon pine, P.edulis.
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- C.Michael Hogan
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- C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Cactus. Topic ed. Arthur Dawson. Ed.-in-chief Cutler J.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
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- C. Michael Hogan (cmichaelhogan)
