Vegetation Around Las Vegas
 Thick creosote-bursage flats at Lake Mead NRA |
Creosote-Bursage Flats (Lower Sonoran Life Zone, BLM Southern Desert Scrub) Non-technical Description: A vast expanse of seemingly uniform-height shrubs on desert flats. Technical Description:The Creosote-Bursage Flats association occurs throughout the Las Vegas area on broad flats and gently-sloping hillsides primarily at elevations below 4,000 feet where annual precipitation is 6 inches or less and unreliable. Temperature extremes often exceed 110ºF during summer and 25ºF during winter. |
 Sparse creosote-bursage flats in the North McCullough Wilderness Area |
Widely spaced Creosote Bush and White Bursage are dominant in this association, often occurring alone or with Mojave Yucca at slightly higher elevations. Washes often support Catclaw Acacia (Acacia greggii). Annual forbs (spring wildflowers) are abundant after wet winters, but generally absent otherwise. The non-native Red Brome Grass can be abundant. |
 Sparse creosote flats near Redstone Picnic Area, Lake Mead NRA |
 Sparse creosote flats in Death Valley National Park |
 Very sparse creosote flats near Cadiz, California |
 Creosote and Bursage sometimes dominate on lower-elevation rocky slopes at the edge of the Mojave Desert Scrub life zone. |
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Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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