Some of the desert wash plants have been planted on the decomposed granite mounds. Others are to the south and north of the mounds in the clay soil. We are hoping that since we tried to plant them high they will adapt.

 Beaver Tail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris), Big Basin Sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata), Brittle Bush (Encelia farinosa), Cat's Claw (Acacia greggii), Chuparosa (Justicia californica) and yellow variant Chuparosa, Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis), Four Wing Salt Bush (Atriplex canescens), Many Fruited Saltbush (Atriplex polycarpa), Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), Indigo Bush (Dalea mollissima), Mexican Palo Verde (Parkinsonia aculenta), Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia littoralis), Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopsis pubescens),

This picture was taken in 12/97. A Brittlebush, a volunteer California Sunflower from across the path, a Rabbitbush, and a Saltbush can be seen.

June, 1999