As the title Death Valley Area Plants suggests, the focus of the section is on plants found in and around Death Valley National Park. This area includes elevations as low as 282 feet below sea level at Bad Water and as high as 11,049 feet at the top of Telescope Peak. Nearly all the pictures of plants included in the online collection were taken within park boundaries or just a few miles outside of the park. The rules for inclusion of a plant on the site are that a specimen must be located in the park, or immediately adjacent areas (such as Panamint Valley or Searles Valley), or be listed in Flora of the Northern Mojave Desert, California by Mary DeDecker. The vast majority of the plants on the list are natives, but many are non-natives. The goal is to enable a visitor to the region to be able to identify any plant found while visiting the area by looking it up on the site. Although the site is far from complete, at 261 plants and growing, it does provide a good resource for those interested in the plants of the Death Valley region.

Those who use the Death Valley Area Plants section of this site will find five images of each plant accompanied by a basic description of each plant. On top of that, plants may be listed by common name, scientific name, flower color, and plant family. Supplemental links to sites where the plant can be found are provided for many plants. Several improvements for this section of the website are planned. Besides adding additional plants, more links between plants and sites will be added, plus information about plant habitats and morphology will also be added. It is hoped that those visiting this website will find it useful and any questions, comments, or suggestions can be sent to info@blackturtle.us. Alternatively posting questions and comments at the forum at tronanews.com will also work!