I was lucky enough to visit Jasper Tree recently to enjoy the spring bloom. Though we were, repeatedly(!), told we had missed the best-in-100-year bloom, we still saw scads of wonderful desert flowers.

Hedgehog or Calico Cactus

In California, we have a lot of different ecosystems

• Deep Green Forests of Redwood and Douglas Firs
• The Mediterranean Look - Oaks and Chaparral
• An Extensive Coastline
• The Great Central Valley - A huge agricultural area that feeds not only the state, but many others as well
• Deserts

Joshua Tree National Park is in an area, in Southern California, where the High Mojave Desert and the Low Colorado Desert come together


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