Wildlife Gardening: Desert yard (in progress), 0 by oldmudhouse

oldmudhouse wrote:
A happier Creosote Bush, (Larrea tridentata.) Without this wonderful plant, our yard would look like a parking lot. These bushes give the desert that wonderful smell after it rains (which is about every four years, apparently.) This is the main cover for our quail.. Many of our creosote bushes have mounds of small animal tunnels under them, which I think are homes for the tiny light-colored ground squirrels I see dashing around (too fast for my camera, sorry.)