Creosote (Larrea tridentate)
The Creosote bush, Larrea tridentate, is the most characteristic specie of the North American deserts. It is in the Zygophyllacaeae family. Although considered native specie, it is actually an invader from South America. The common name creosote suggests one of the reasons it is able to survive in some of harshest environments. According to Schultz and Floyd, "stems and evergreen leaves are covered with a sticky resin that smells like, but doesn't contain, the wood preservative creosote…the resin screens leaves the leaves against ultraviolet radiation, reduces water loss, and poisons microbes and plant eating animals." The creosote bush starts as a single stem, but then when it matures it grows into a circle. The outer edges of the bush flourish will the center, where the soil has been depleated, dies. These two things about the creosote help it survive long periods of time. In the Mojave desert "a specimen in question was estimated to about......

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