The Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentate)

Larea Tridentate Hybrid Shrub, Larea Tridentate is the most characteristic species in the North American desert. It is in the family of Zygophyllacaeae. It is thought to be a native species, but in fact it is an intruder from South America. A generic name creosorting shows one of the reasons you can survive in the most harsh environment. According to Schulz and Floyd, "stems and evergreen leaves are covered with a viscous resin that does not contain wood preservative creosote but smells Resin mesh protects leaves from ultraviolet radiation Radiation, Decrease in water loss, poisoning of microorganisms Plants eat animals. "Creosote shrubs start with a single stem.

Creosote shrubs or Larrea tridentata - due to root system efficiency, this plant was able to survive over 11,000 years. The king of the modern Kristus Bush or the parents of the clones are considered to be one of the ten most colonies on Earth. "The roots of mature creosote plants are very effective at absorbing moisture and nearby seeds can not collect enough water to germinate and effectively dead zones around each plant "Effective water absorption helps shrubs survive in climate change, and we have not experienced it as a large-scale, contemporary population. Then, what can you learn from underground efficiency? To use as much of our underground resources as possible is the information I take away, it all depends on money.

Major plants include water resistant shrubs such as Larrea divaricata and Artemisia tridentata, many succulent plants such as cactus, and many short-lived annual plants that complete the life cycle during the rare rainy season. (FIG. 7 k - 18)). Finally, if the supply of rainfall is insufficient, there is a possibility that desert habitat is not completely vegetated. Most desert mammals are nocturnal to avoid high temperatures. Desert habitats are rich in lizards and snakes. Because high temperature promotes breeding of cold organisms.

Because the bush is still the same creature, the creature is older. In the Mojave Desert there is a Creosote estimated to be 11,700 years old. This is the majority of the length of the period the indigenous people are supposed to be in the United States (Narragansett has evidence that some of their ancestors are estimated to have 30,000 years in Rhode Island area ). The severity of the desert evokes viability outside of us. This is a problem that has been solved in plants like creosote. For example, creosote makes oil a sunscreen. In contrast, our life on Earth is only one day. But the promise of the eternal summon calls for us to pay attention to God. For God, even the oldest creosort life is only one day.