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Dead in Death Valley

Unknown species, possibly a screwbean mesquite (Prosopis pubescens)

Death Valley by Panamint Dunes

posted by Beth Hughes

Weird Facts

There is ongoing research into the apparent disappearance of the screwbean mesquite across the southwestern US. Pesticides and climate change are suspected, but answers are slow to appear.

Dead in Death Valley

Unknown species, possibly a screwbean mesquite (Prosopis pubescens)

Death Valley by Panamint Dunes

posted by Beth Hughes

Weird Facts

There is ongoing research into the apparent disappearance of the screwbean mesquite across the southwestern US. Pesticides and climate change are suspected, but answers are slow to appear.

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