Desert
Desert
A desert is an area that receives almost no precipitation. The photo at left, taken by our speaker Rick Halsey, shows San Diego mountains with the desert behind.
Atacama is the driest on earth and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture or both sides by the Andes Mountains and by the Chilean coastal range. While deserts are well known for their lack of water, some groups have adopted ways to find water in this harsh environment. A desert is a hostile, potentially deadly environment for unprepared humans. In hot deserts, high temperatures cause rapid loss of water due to sweating, and the absence of water sources with which to replenish it can result in dehydration and death within a few days. Despite this, some cultures have made hot deserts their home for thousands of years. Modern technology, including advanced irrigator systems, desalinization and air conditioning have made deserts much more hospitable. by Aliyah and Casey
Rocks
Many cactus plants have flowers. They bloom in the summer. Johannah, Joselyn, Kennadi
Desert Beak Yucca at San Diego Botanical Gardens
Desert Agave grows throughout Anza-Borrego Desert. Also found there are Mexican Blue Cactus and Beaked Yucca, which is very attractive. Jessica and David, Gr. 8
Agaves are native to Mexico, the southwest, and the Caribbean. They have columnar stems, spines on tubercles, and spines that are subulate. -John, Gr. 9
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Monk’s Hood
Grows in Mountains
Round violet flowers
Chartreuse leaves
Lovely and pretty
-Elicia
Pickleweed
Mint green, yellow green, magenta
Pointed thin flower
Grows in San Diego
-Ashlyn
-Nancy
Black Sage
Blue violet
Hour glass shaped leaves
Coastal plant
-Jewel
Desert Sage
Magenta flowers
Many petals
Lovely, colorful
-Aryanah
Deer weed
Mustard green
Thin flower
Grows by the forest
-Gavin
Crete Hadeypnois
Mustard flower, round and thin
Maroon leaves
Petals with brown tips and bird tales
Lovely in San Diego
-Monika
Lemonadeberry
Red-orange flower, tall and big
Green with some red
Wedge-shaped, leathery leaves
Strong, big and lovely.
-Terrell
Chamaesyce Polycarpa
Rust flowers with many petals
Mint-colored leaves, pointed
Grows in sandy areas
Little delicate flowers
-Kimberly
Buckwheat
Powder blue
Wavy flowers
White leaves
Grows in the mountains
-Emily
Cirsium Occidentale
Whitish fushia flower
Mint green leaves, webbed
Grows in Crestwood Canyon
Little round fuzzy plant
-Angelica
Asteracea
Tannish flower
Round pointed flowers
Dark green leaves, long and thin
Grows at Mission Trails everywhere
Round, dark, shadowy
-Felicity
Coast Goldenbush
Mint and mustard colored
Thin flower
Sharp green leaves
Colorful, thin, delicate
-Emmanuel
Dandelion
Mustard flower
Round shaped
Thin leaves
Yellow and small
I saw a dandelion in my front yard
-Eli
Everlasting
Lemon, yellow-orange
Round flower
Green eavs
Linear shaped
Delicate, fantastic everlasting
Marne
Golden Current
Red berries
Round flowers
Green leaves, like three round fingers
-Galilea
Bush mallow
Round flower
Green leaves
-Lance
San Diego Sunflower
Yellow mustard colored
Green pointed leaves
Grows in the desert
This flower looks little
Marquise
Coast cholla
Pink and orchid colored
Oval shaped flower
It’s a cactus
Grows in the desert
Colorful flower
-Sheonne
Desert five-spot
Magenta
Star-shaped flower
Blue-green leaves
Grows in the desert
Colorful delicate flower
-TJ
Mountain lilac
White and blue
Green leaves, thin
Grows in sand
A flower like no other
-Xavier