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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 12: Cima Dome (Sunrise Rock) to Pachalka Spring by bicycle, Mojave National Preserve /

The blossoms on this tree look almost like the flowers of a Palmer's penstemon; hummingbirds probably love these

03849-pachalka-spring.jpg A tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsMost of the day's clouds have lifted in the south and I can see that it's getting close to full moonA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsMost of the day's clouds have lifted in the south and I can see that it's getting close to full moonA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsMost of the day's clouds have lifted in the south and I can see that it's getting close to full moonA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsMost of the day's clouds have lifted in the south and I can see that it's getting close to full moonA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsMost of the day's clouds have lifted in the south and I can see that it's getting close to full moon

However, the large heart-shaped leaves remind me more of a cottonwood than anything else.