We have two general categories of trees and shrubs in Las Vegas regarding their relationship to water, growth and their adaptability to rock covering the surface of the soil: mesic and xeric. These ...

Xeric trees and shrubs — including many of our plants originating from our Southwest deserts — seem like magic; give them an irrigation after a long dry period, they grow leaves again, and many flower ...

Common lambsquarters, a summer annual weed, has occupied comparatively different ecogeographical regions around the globe. To investigate the extent to which germination and emergence traits have ...

1. Dryland riparian zones have steep spatial gradients of soil moisture and flood disturbance, and the component hydrogeomorphic surfaces support hydric to xeric plant species. These systems undergo ...

Visitors to the American Southwest may think that lush green lawns in a desert landscape manifest the desire of new residents to deny that they live in a desert. Kelli Larson and her colleagues have ...