Pinacate Peaks
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The Pinacate Peaks are a group of volcanic peaks and cinder cones located mostly in the Mexican state of Sonora along the international border adjacent to the U.S. state of Arizona, surrounded by the
Pinacate sand dunes and craters
Crater Elegante with the Pinacate Peaks in the background
Pinacate volcanics with teddy-bear chollas, ocotillos, young saguaros, and a paloverde tree
Bursera microphylla, Elephant Tree, photographed at Cerro Colorado in Baja California, Mexico.
Bursera microphylla
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Bursera microphylla, known by the common name elephant tree in English or 'torote' in Spanish, is a tree in the genus Bursera. It grows into a distinctive sculptural form, with a thickened, water-stor
Bursera microphylla on southern slope at South Mountain Municipal Park, Phoenix, Arizona. October 2008. (C. Cordova)
Bursera microphylla growing on a granite boulder at South Mountain Municipal Park, Phoenix, Arizona. October 2008. (C. Cordova)
Bursera microphylla growing on a granite boulder at South Mountain Municipal Park, Phoenix, Arizona. January 2010. (C. Cordova)