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A tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka Spring

03847-pachalka-spring.jpg A trickle of rusty, contaminated water exudes from a tunnel in the hillside above the mine tailingsThumbnailsA tree grows in the wash in Macedonia Canyon, Mojave National PreserveA trickle of rusty, contaminated water exudes from a tunnel in the hillside above the mine tailingsThumbnailsA tree grows in the wash in Macedonia Canyon, Mojave National PreserveA trickle of rusty, contaminated water exudes from a tunnel in the hillside above the mine tailingsThumbnailsA tree grows in the wash in Macedonia Canyon, Mojave National PreserveA trickle of rusty, contaminated water exudes from a tunnel in the hillside above the mine tailingsThumbnailsA tree grows in the wash in Macedonia Canyon, Mojave National PreserveA trickle of rusty, contaminated water exudes from a tunnel in the hillside above the mine tailingsThumbnailsA tree grows in the wash in Macedonia Canyon, Mojave National PreserveA trickle of rusty, contaminated water exudes from a tunnel in the hillside above the mine tailingsThumbnailsA tree grows in the wash in Macedonia Canyon, Mojave National Preserve

The twisted trunk of the tree is vaguely manzanita- or madrone-like, but the leaves don't look like either of those trees.