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 Group People, Kenzie Spires, Blake Feldner, Cora Thompson, Thor Reed, Derek Ridenour, Colton Buchanan, Joe Kraska, Phillip Shannon, Jason O'Reilly, Aimee Anderson, Andrea Kirker.

put on by Cora Thompson ||  ||
 * Desert Ironwood ||  || [[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/ironwoodinbloom.jpg width="216" height="182" align="center"]] ||   || The desert ironwood only grows in the washes and valleys of the Sonoran Desert below 2,500 foot elevation. The Sonoran Desert is located in southwestern Arizona, southern California, and the northwestern part of Mexico.

put on by Cora Thompson || shorter and more tightly packed together than other hedgehog cacti. ||
 * Crimson Hedgehog Cactus ||  || [[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/claret_cup.jpg width="194" height="129" align="bottom"]] ||   || There are many different kinds of hedgehog cacti. The Crimson hedgehog cactus is a small barrel shaped cactus that grows in clumps of a few to a hundred stems. The stems are cylindrical in shape and are up to 1 foot long and 1 to 2 1/2 inches thick. There are about 9 or 10 ribs on the stem. This cactus has no leaves and has chlorophyll in the stems. The stems of this Crimson hedgehog are


 * Chain Fruit Cholla ||  || [[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/cholla_sml.jpg width="192" height="158" align="center"]] ||   || The chain fruit cholla looks as much like a tree in the desert as a cactus possibly can. It has a central trunk from which sprout many spiny "branches". It is commonly found in dry, sandy soils of bajadas, valleys floors, and plains of the Sonoran and Chihuahua Desert, south Arizona and northwest Mexico. It is found at elevations up to 4,000 feet above sea level. ||   ||

Coral ** CANE CHOLLA **

hink of first? Maybe it's sand, heat, or Gila monsters, but most likely it's cactus. Cacti are probably the most memorable characteristic of the desert. In all of the Speedy Gonzales cartoons, Speedy is always leading his unsuspecting predators into a cactus. And what is in the background as Wily Coyote accidentally blows himself up with Acme dynamite? Cacti of course!

**Desert**: Chihuahuan Desert of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico
 * Height**: Up to 8 feet
 * Joints**: Thick, tubercled, covered with gray spines
 * Flowers**: From deep purple to yellow and white
 * Fruit**: Flesh, spineless, yellow in winter
 * Elevation**: 2,000-7,000 feet

When you imagine a desert, what do you think of first? Maybe it's sand, heat, or Gila monsters, but most likely it's cactus. Cacti are probably the most memorable characteristic of the desert. In all of the Speedy Gonzales cartoons, Speedy is always leading his unsuspecting predators into a cactus. And what is in the background as Wily Coyote accidentally blows himself up with Acme dynamite? Cacti of course!

When you imagine a desert, what do you think of first? Maybe it's sand, heat, or Gila monsters, but most likely it's cactus. Cacti are probably the most memorable characteristic of the desert. In all of the Speedy Gonzales cartoons, Speedy is always leading his unsuspecting predators into a cactus. And what is in the background as Wily Coyote accidentally blows himself up with Acme dynamite? Cacti of course! The Desert Tortoise can be found in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of southern California, two of North America's four deserts. They inhabit semi-arid grasslands, gravelly desert washes and sandy canyon bottoms below 3,500 ft. The Desert Tortoises is a land dwelling turtle belonging to the Testudinidae family. The Desert Tortoise is also known as a gopher tortoise because it belongs to one of 4 species of the Gopherus genus. put on by Cora Thompson

Dudleya Succulent. [Picture added by Kenzie Spires]

The desert animals tend to stay under rocks during the day, and hunt their food or come out at nights.

This is called a Brittle Brush and is found in deserts.



This plant is called the Mojave Aster. [picture added by Kenzie Spires]

Because of the extreme temperatures and lack of water, desert plants in the United States must adapt to survive. Plants do this by adjusting physically and behaviorally to take advantage of the elements in their surroundings that benefit them the most.

The meerkat. [picture added by Kenzie Spires]

This is the Caracal. [picture added by Kenzie Spires]

_ __It is found in mojave,sonora and chihuahua deserts.by.Aimee



Roadrunner** - (Geococcyx californianus) A large ground bird belonging to the cuckoo family. It measures about 58 cm (23 in) and has brown plumage streaked with white above and on the throat, and white plumage below. It also has a bushy crest, blue and red eye rings, long, spindly legs, and a long tail. The roadrunner seldom flies, depending on its quick feet to take it out of harms way. It eats small snakes as well as insects, lizards, and, occasionally, the young of ground-nesting birds.(added by colton) :)
 * [[image:http://www.desertgold.com/park/pics/sroadrnr.gif width="81" height="120" align="left" link="http://www.desertgold.com/park/pics/roadrnr.jpg"]]

Exceptionally agile, the mountain lion can leap more than 18 feet in height and more than 20 feet in length. It can drop more than 50 feet from a vantage point onto prey without suffering injury bye colton. :)

he way, highlighting obstacles like prickly pear cacti and marauding scorpions. My destination is not far from the trailhead parking lot. I had scouted the area the day before – in the light – so I knew where I was going. The green leaves of a small cottonwood, a water-lovin. (added by colton) :) I was pleased to find a desert pool brimming with water from the recent rains. Located at the edge of a slickrock outcrop, this depression had collected runoff. As I scouted the edge of the pond for aquatic life, I observed numerous amphibian tracks in the soft sand. Knowing that many toads and frogs are active at night, I decided to return in the dark to check out the action. (added by colton) :)

The common name and species name, punctatus (which means “spotted”) are derived from the reddish warts that cover the uppersides of the body. Bufo is Latin for “toad.” The Spanish word for toad is “sapo.” Red-spotted Toads occur from central Texas westward to southeast California and into Mexico and Baja California. A disjunct population (“disjunct” refers to a population of a species that is widely separated from other populations of the same species) occurs in western Oklahoma. Though they breed in watery sites, from water troughs to river edges, these toads have been found in upland areas over one mile from water. They have been found in prairie dog towns in grasslands, no doubt utilizing the cooler underground burrows. by Andera Kirker (: __


 * || [[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/cactus_wren2.jpg width="180" height="162" align="center"]] ||  ||

The Cactus Wren lives in the arid and semi-arid deserts of southwestern United States and the chaparral of southern California and northern Mexico. The Cactus Wren is usually found below 4,000 feet. The [|California chaparral] has hot and dry summers and humid and cold winters. It normally gets about 6 inches of rain per year. put on by Cora Thompson ||



This is a bobcat found in deserts and in many places.







This a mexican cheetah they can run up to 60mph. (added by joey kraska)

This is a nine banded armadillo.Put on by Blake Feldner.



this is a sonoran pronghorn antelope.It is found in mexico and arizona.by Aimee This is a cactus Ferruginous pygmy owl.by.Aimee

||  || These are desert perennials. Put on by Blake Feldner.
 * || [[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/saguaro.jpg width="178" height="337" align="center"]]

These are a pair of dromedary camels.Added by Blake Feldner.



This is a armadillo lizard. It uses its tail and spines to defend itself. When it senses it is in danger it puts its tail in its mouth and rolls around, as depicted in the picture above. Uploaded by Jason O'Reilly.



This is a Thorny Devil. This strange lizard can change from a reddish color to a brownish color, depending on which type of soil it is crossing,which is a special adaptation. Uploaded by Jason O'Reilly.

Banded Gila Monster ||  || The Banded Gila Monster is very shy but can strike back very quickly, with painful results. It is a subspecies of the Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum), and is one of two poisonous types of lizard in the world. || put on by Cora Thompson
 * || [[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/banded_gila_monster2.jpg width="201" height="143" align="center"]]

DESERT BIOME

These desert climates are found in low-latitude deserts approximately between 18° to 28° in both hemispheres. these latitude belts are centered on the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, which lie just north and south of the equator. They coincide with the edge of the equatorial subtropical high pressure belt and trade winds. Winds are light, which allows for the evaporation of moisture in the intense heat. They generally flow downward so the area is seldom penetrated by air masses that produce rain. This makes for a very dry heat. The dry arid desert is a true desert climate, and covers 12 % of the Earth's land surface. This was added by Colton :)
 * Temperature Range: 16° C
 * Annual Precipitation: 0.25 cm (0.1 in). All months less than 0.25 cm (0.1 in).
 * Latitude Range: 15° - 25° N and S.
 * Global Range: southwestern United States and northern Mexico; Argentina; north Africa; south Africa; central part of Australia.

FOOD CHAIN: weeds-rabbit--fox (added by joey kraska) BONUS---Invasive Species-"Invasive species__" means an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. ( put on by Cora Thompson) African lehmann lovegrass (//Eragrostis lehmanniana//) Sahara or Moroccan mustard (//Brassica tourneforti//) London rocket (//Sisymbrium irio//) Pigweed (//Amaranthus spp.//) Summer spurges (//Euphorbia hyssopifolia//) Devil's claw (//Proboscidea spp.//) ( added by Cora Thompson) rodents-snakes-fox (added by Kenzie Spires.) insect---lizard-hawks. (added by Kenzie Spires) plantsGazelle---cheetah (addded by Cora Thompson) misquite podharvester ant---horned lizzardhawk (added by Cora Thompson) [|**Mountain Lion**] [|Mule Deer]cricket-scorpion---snake(added by Thor Reed) This is a Barrel Cactus By Jason O'Reilly This is a fishhook Cacus plant by Jason O'Reilly
 * Food Chains :**



This is a coyote by Phillip Shannon

This is a Kangaroo Rat, by Phillip Shannon

This is a Desert Willow by Phillip Shannon