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California Dreaming Part II

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 I Simply just Love the American Desert  What a most cool place, Joshua Tree National Park , just East of Los Angeles I had such a great time exploring the desert & hills of the Mojave Desert . Not too many animals to discover but lots of Flora abound from cool cacti to delicate colourful desert flowers . I had great fun climbing & discovering the rocky hills of this park & it was there I found the most interesting things. Desert Canterbury Bells ( Phacelia campanularia ) Joshua Tree National Park , California, United States of America. Conservation Status: vulnerable (G3?) (NatureServe) Vulnerable . Endemic to southern California in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts at elevations less than 1600 m. (Baldwin et al. 2002). Western Side-blotched Lizard ( Uta stansburiana ssp. elegans ) Joshua Tree National Park , California, United States of America. Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus ( Echinocereus engelmannii ) Joshua Tree National Park , California, United Stat...