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One bush that I encounter occasionally in the Mojave Desert Mountains is the Barberry

5998-barberry.jpg A few larger flowers also grow in this valley, which I think are Desert dandelions (Malacothrix californica)ThumbnailsMuch of the landscape along Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road seems to be quite pristineA few larger flowers also grow in this valley, which I think are Desert dandelions (Malacothrix californica)ThumbnailsMuch of the landscape along Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road seems to be quite pristineA few larger flowers also grow in this valley, which I think are Desert dandelions (Malacothrix californica)ThumbnailsMuch of the landscape along Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road seems to be quite pristineA few larger flowers also grow in this valley, which I think are Desert dandelions (Malacothrix californica)ThumbnailsMuch of the landscape along Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road seems to be quite pristineA few larger flowers also grow in this valley, which I think are Desert dandelions (Malacothrix californica)ThumbnailsMuch of the landscape along Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road seems to be quite pristine

Even the leaves on this guy are hard and sharp, though not quite like a cactus. Best of all, many of them have sprouted back after being burned by the 2005 brush fires out here.