Burned woody plants, including carmine desert paintbrush, are resprouting from the root crown. Donald Davidson, artist and flora-phile, is busy in the Mid-Hills area, which is awash in annuals and ...

2005-02-13 04:00:00 PDT Joshua Tree National Park-- It's just a tree. Nothing more, I tell myself as I clutch my camera with sweaty hands. But I have stared at the withered trunk for 15 minutes ...

Desert dandelions, brittlebush and desert paintbrush, among other species, are visible during the next month at higher elevations (3,000-5,000 feet) at California's Death Valley National Park. MIDWEST ...

Corn lily, pale pink phlox, white rein orchid, mules ears, serviceberry, and orange tufts of semi-parasitic desert paintbrush emerge from the bone-dry, gravelly ground. Two deer, young bucks with ...

How do you know when it’s spring in Moab, Utah? All the license plates turn green — Colorado green that is. With mud season in full swing in the lower and middle elevations of the Central Rocky ...