Mayor back from Iowa for State of the City
Yuccas thrive in the foothills on the north side of the San Gabriel Mountains. If there's
one plant more iconic of the Mojave, it could be the tumbleweed. Click on a pic to see bigger. LA Observed photos.
Flora
Mojave Desert flora
More by Kevin Roderick:
Standing up to Harvey WeinsteinThe Media
LA Times gets a top editor with nothing but questions
LA Observed Notes: Harvey Weinstein stripped bare
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Recent Flora stories on LA Observed:
Palm weeds of Santa SusanaSelected links: O'Reilly, LAT hires, Academy museum, Garcetti and more
Joshua Tree in bloom
Desert flowers and fancy at Anza-Borrego
Treasure hunt for trees from the Gold Rush era
Native plant sale at the Theodore Payne Foundation
Mojave's Joshua trees are in bad shape
Water the grass less -- but don't forget the trees