A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by ...

Desert plants are known for their ability to thrive ... Desert Zinnia: Desert zinnia is a small, low-growing perennial with delicate silver-gray leaves and daisy-like yellow flowers.

Desert willow is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. This plant ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

Holmgren's milk vetch is so finely adapted to its arid northern Mojave Desert environment that it's often the only plant found alive atop special soils strewn with small stones and gravel deposits.

Two Indigenous food educators led a tour showcasing edible and useful Sonoran Desert plants. Participants learned about palo verde flowers for tea, edamame-tasting pods and hunting woodrats.

He encouraged interested gardeners to start with seeds in small pots and regularly repot their plants, which will refresh ... t realize even though Vegas is a desert, things do grow here.” ...