Adrianne’s Reviews > Naturalist's Big Bend: An Introduction to the Trees and Shrubs, Wildflowers, Cacti, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians, Fish, and Insects (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment > Status Update

If you knew plants well enough you could identify your location anywhere on earth. [If you knew the range of desert plants]. Joshua trees are indicative of the Mojave Desert just Saguaros are indicators of the Sonoran Desert. The Chihuahuan Desert is no exception. Lechuguilla and Blind Pricklypears- you would know that you were located somewhere in the lowlands of the Chihuahuan Desert near the Rio Grande.