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This looks like some kind of scrub oak growing here at Howe Spring, Mojave National Preserve

02802-howe-spring.jpg This old segment of the Mojave Road abruptly ends when it reaches a fence and turns 90 degrees to the rightThumbnailsThis long, straight stretch of Howe Spring Road makes me feel like I'm somewhere other than the Mojave DesertThis old segment of the Mojave Road abruptly ends when it reaches a fence and turns 90 degrees to the rightThumbnailsThis long, straight stretch of Howe Spring Road makes me feel like I'm somewhere other than the Mojave DesertThis old segment of the Mojave Road abruptly ends when it reaches a fence and turns 90 degrees to the rightThumbnailsThis long, straight stretch of Howe Spring Road makes me feel like I'm somewhere other than the Mojave DesertThis old segment of the Mojave Road abruptly ends when it reaches a fence and turns 90 degrees to the rightThumbnailsThis long, straight stretch of Howe Spring Road makes me feel like I'm somewhere other than the Mojave DesertThis old segment of the Mojave Road abruptly ends when it reaches a fence and turns 90 degrees to the rightThumbnailsThis long, straight stretch of Howe Spring Road makes me feel like I'm somewhere other than the Mojave Desert

Oak trees don't usually grow in the Mojave Desert except at higher elevations like here in the Mid Hills.