Desert Plants: Creosote

The creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) is a tough and dependable native that can be found in the Sonoran Desert and other habitats in Mexico and the southwestern United States. We learn more about this successful plant from horticulturist Jack Dash at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Producer: Tony Paniagua
Videographers: Gage Judd, Robert Lindberg
Editor: Robert Lindberg
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[@cadebecker2486]

When going to Death Valley CA on 8/8/23 the tour guy stopped by this plant, talked about it and poor water on it to give us the smell. That was the most beautiful and interesting thing I have ever seen. I love the Desert. I'm from Minnesota so I'm used to all the vegetation we have here.

[@mindfish21]

Desert plant series is delicious. The best part of this channel.

[@Iconoclasher]

When I was a kid in Scottsdale in the 60s my parents would make sun tea with the leaves. Supposed to have some health benefits. I remember it tasted like bong-water,

[@pancakekinz]

2:55 But I thought chuckwallas and desert iguanas also eat a lot of creosote leaves and flowers? Otherwise, I loved learning more about the creosote bush.

[@Munnwort]

anyone know what animal is making that sound in the first 3 seconds?

[@Xingqiwu387]

If the creosote bush is so hardy, WHY is there not one single creosote bush to be found in Santa Cruz County, Arizona?

[@inhabitantwaps3qs803]

think the desert without this plant would be brown and barren.