slgwv's photos with the keyword: Orocopia Mountains

On a mesquite tree (genus Prosopsis ), in Hidden Spring Wash, Orocopia Mountains Wilderness Area, California.

With young fanglomerates, related to movement on the San Andreas Fault, in the background. The mesquites, genus Prosopsis , are probably either P. glandulosa , honey mesquite, or P. pubescens , screwbean mesquite, based on the area of occurrence. Mesquite is commonly parasitized by the desert mistletoe ( Phoradendron californicum ), which makes the brownish clusters of twigs among the green mesquite branches. The inset shows a close-up of a mistletoe infestation on a separate individual. Orocopia Mountains Wilderness Area, California.

Washingtonia filifera . Sheep Hole Oasis, Orocopia Wilderness. Showing the effects of being burned by vandals.

Yes, these are wild specimens of the native California palm ( Washingtonia filifera ), still hanging on by now-dry Sheep Hole Oasis, near Box Canyon Road in the Orocopia Mtns Wilderness. Vandals think it's great fun to set the dead fronds on fire, which is why the trunks are blackened. At least these trees survived; one in the group in the inset did not.