A close up of a island rushrose shrub, highlighting the yellow flowers and marroon and green leaves and stems. This plant is located along the southwest side of Sierra Blanca, a mountain on Santa Cruz Island.
A close-up of a sawed off section on a living sequoia tree. The subsequent healing is visible in the offset nature of the bark and tree surrounding the cut. This tree is located in the Big Stump Basin, a section of General Grant's Grove that was...
A decomposing stump located in the Big Stump Basin, a section of General Grant's Grove that was logged at one time. In the stump, there is evidence of notching for scaffolding that the loggers used to fell the tree. This grove, along with the...
A large beargrass growing in Hidden Valley in Joshua Tree National Park. Hidden Valley is a sort of plant filled oaisis surrounded by rock formations that surround the circular valley. The boy standing next to the plant is named David