Botanical Name: Larrea Tridentata
Common Names: Creosote Bush
Alternate Botanical Names: n/a
Visual Characteristics: From a tiny shrub to a 15 foot multi trunked monstrosity, it makes a case for most abundant plant throughout the Mojave Desert. Creosote Bush Scrub, the plant community in which it thrives, extends to other deserts and overlapping mountain biomes. Part of its success might be attributed to older specimens creating a ring like arrangement of new growths through vegitative reproduction. These Clonial Colonies are thought to be among the oldest living organisms of Earth, witnessing events in excess of 10,000 years past.
Visual Characteristics: From a tiny shrub to a 15 foot multi trunked monstrosity, it makes a case for most abundant plant throughout the Mojave Desert. Creosote Bush Scrub, the plant community in which it thrives, extends to other deserts and overlapping mountain biomes. Part of its success might be attributed to older specimens creating a ring like arrangement of new growths through vegitative reproduction. These Clonial Colonies are thought to be among the oldest living organisms of Earth, witnessing events in excess of 10,000 years past.
Native To 29 Palms: Yes
Native To Adjacent Regions: Yes
Occurance In Neighborhoods: Common
Occurance In Rural Areas: Common
Use by Indigenous Cultures: Prepared to treat a variety of ailments, including genital disease, envenomation, disorder of the lungs, sore muscles and menstrual cramps.
Use by Indigenous Cultures: Prepared to treat a variety of ailments, including genital disease, envenomation, disorder of the lungs, sore muscles and menstrual cramps.
Sentiments: The king of the desert with a crown of gold, resistant to sunburn resiliant to cold, as high as a mountain as low as a lake, as hard as the stones dislodged only by quake.
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