page_title: Yuma Desert
section_title: Flora
hierarchical_section_title: Yuma Desert / Flora
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: &#160;&#160;&#160;Golfplatz Yasmin in Hammamet, Tunesien English: &#160;&#160;&#160;Golf course Yasmin in Hammamet, Tunisia
context_page_description: The Yuma Desert is a lower-elevation section of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and the northwest of Mexico. It lies in the Salton basin. The desert contains areas of sparse vegetation and has notable areas of sand dunes. With an average rainfall less than 8 inches each year, this is among the harshest deserts in North America. Human presence is sparse throughout, the largest city being Yuma, Arizona, on the Colorado River and the border of California.
context_section_description: Vegetation is dominated by the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), which is widespread. The saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) and the ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) are common on the bajadas, while many of the desert trees found are restricted to dry watercourses; these include paloverde (Parkinsonia), the desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), desert ironwood (Olneya tesota), and smoke trees (Psorothamnus spinosus).
  The Yuma desert is the northern edge of the distributions of the Elephant Tree (Bursera microphylla) and the Blue Baja Lily (Triteleiopsis palmeri).
caption: Agave deserti, a plant native to the Yuma Desert
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