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Columbine

Columbine is one of those plants you wouldn't expect to see in Death Valley National Park. It grows at higher elevations and it requires lots of water. However, Death Valley NP has a few localities that satisfy those requirements. A colony of columbine plants grows just up from... [read more]

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Death Valley Sites Sites in and around Death Valley with an emphasis on the Slate, Argus, and Panamint mountain ranges with special focus on Searles Valley. However, sites throughout the Death Valley area are covered!	Death Valley Plants Plants that grow in the Death Valley area and the Northern Mojave Desert with special attention placed on those areas in the vicinity of Trona, California! Lots of wildflowers, cactus, and other desert plants!
Recent Site Updates: White Top Mountain (June 2010) Lost Burro Mine (June 2010) Malpais Mesa (June 2010) Above Ulida Flat (June 2010)	Newest Plants: Virginia Forget-Me-Not (June 2010) Cushion Buckwheat (June 2010) Thickstem Wild Cabbage (June 2010) Nevada Goldeneye (June 2010)
Songs and Videos Songs and videos created by blackturtle.us! Many videos feature scenery from the northern Mojave Desert! This collection includes the NCLB song that appeared in the CNN/YouTube Democratic Debates in 2007 and "Sexy Governor" with over 3.1 MILLION views on YouTube!	Trona News A place to share news and information in and around Searles Valley. Discuss current events, post announcements and news items, share opinions and inside information of interest to those residing in the communities of Searles Valley and the northern Mojave Desert.

Purple Owl's Clover

Purple Owl's Clover is a small plant, but upon close inspection it proves to be a rather interesting plant. The flowers form a spikelike cluster and are magenta to red, but yellow splotches form on some of the corollas giving the plant, when in bloom, a rather distinctive appearance! I came across... [read more]