In this occasion I was driving out in the middle of the desert when I came across a decrepit property that looked like it was burned down some decades ago. What interested me was the rebounding of native vegetation that were recruited into the areas amongst the rubble.

Species Observed

Animals:
Corvus corax (Common Raven)
Sialia currucoides (Mountain bluebird)
Noctuidae (Owl Moth larvae)
Formicidae (Unknown carpenter ant species)

Plants:
Abronia villosa (Desert Sand Verbena)
Plantago erecta (California Plantain)
Cryptantha sp. (Popcorn Flower)
Dalea mollisima (Soft Prairie Clover)
Larrea tridentata (Creosote Bush)
Palafoxia arida (Spanish Needle)
Croton setiger (Doveseed)
Eramalche rotundifolia (Desert Five-spot)
Chylismia claviformis (Browneyes)
Euphorbia micromera (Sonoran sandmat)
Eschscholzia parishii (Parish's poppy)
Datura discolor (Desert Thorn Apple)
Olneya tesota (Desert Ironwood)
Ambrosia salsola (Cheesebush)
Dithryea californica (California shieldpod)
Hilaria rigida (Galleta grass)
Lupinus arizonicus (Arizona lupine)
Brassica tournfourtii (Sahara mustard)
Chylismia brevipes (Golden suncup)
Chaenactis stevioides (Desert pincushin)
Mammillaria tetrancistra (Fishhook cactus)
Nama demissa (Purple mat)
Monoptilo belloides (Mojave dessertstar)
Brandegea bigelovii (Desert starvine)
Perityle emoryi (Emory's rockdaisy)

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