It grows to 30 feet with an equal spread. 6. Desert ironwood (Olneya tesota): The Sonoran Desert’s most senior of citizens, desert ironwood specimens have been found that are 800 years old.

Luckily, there are trees that thrive in the hot and harsh landscape of the Mojave. Busse recommends these five popular picks. Mesquite Good for big yards, durable, shady ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust is working to scout, catalogue, collect and preserve millions of seeds from 250 species and counting in a race to save an ecosystem.

Catalpa trees tolerate seasonal flooding and can grow to 40 feet. Some think them messy when they drop their white trumpet flowers in summer and seed pods in fall.

Honey mesquite seeds with their pods are cleaned and ready for storage at the seed bank inside Mojave Desert Land Trust in Joshua Tree on Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2023.