[pct-l] Burning Deserts

[scourtway@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Steve Courtway)]

the sonoran desert stretches from arizona down into mainland mexico,
while the colorado desert stretches from southern california down through
baja california, with the dividing line roughly along a line north from the
tip of the sea of cortez. Both desert communites share similar types of
plants (varieties
of spanish dagger, prickley pear, ocotillo, barrel cactus etc.) while the
sonoran
desert has the large saguaro cactus, as seen in wile E. coyote cartoons.
The colorado
desert does have a similar large cactus, the cardon, but it is not found
until you're
about 100 miles south into the baja.  Joshua trees (a bush named by mormons)
are unique to the
mohave desert, which is north of both the colorado and sonoran deserts.

steve "desert rat" courtway


----- Original Message -----
From: "christin pruett" <christinpruett@hotmail.com>
To: <brick@fastpack.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Burning Deserts


> >The section of the PCT between Oraflame Canyon Road, and Barrel Springs
> >(the Scissors Crossing section) is in the Colorado Desert, as is the
> >section passing under Interstate 10 near the Pink Motel
> >
> >Reference http://www.anzaborrego.statepark.org/aboutthepark.html
> >
> >
> >--
> >Brick Robbins                       mailto:brick@fastpack.com
>
> Is the Colorado desert a portion of the Sonoran desert?  What types of
> vegetation are found there?  Any Joshua trees?  I have been in Joshua tree
> NP and always thought that was part of the Mojave.  Maybe there is no
clear
> delineation between these two areas.  I guess I'll have to hike southern
CA
> to find out.  Thanks for the info.
>
>
>
>
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