Alkaline flat Trees are absent in the salty flats that surround the lake, but two shrubs, greasewood and rabbit-brush, are common. |
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Juniper, pinion, greasewood, Mormon tea, and scrubby brush grow sparingly on the rocky terrain. |
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A tiny fire of dead greasewood branches warms my hands and perfumes the air with pungent woodsmoke. |
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Beyond the asphalt the land was parched brown by the heat, and there were no trees, just stubby greasewood bushes and low grass, with an occasional spiky yucca or flat cactus. |
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Now I was surrounded by greasewood, tumble-weed and jagged peaks, some with snow. |
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In addition, they could swim the roughest rivers, pack heavy equipment, and browse on greasewood or thorny brush that other animals could not eat. |
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Dust ghosted up behind as they fell to greasewood flatlands toward the playa of the Black Rock Desert. |
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The greasewood shrub, a common plant in chaparral ecosystems, requires fire for its seeds to germinate. |
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Hitching his horse to a fence, the boy climbed aboard and began pumping his way down the track, past the scrub of sagebrush and greasewood, down a grade to the base of a narrow pass. |
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This plant, called greasewood by the Papago, who use it medicinally, is Larrea tridentata. |
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