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Sporadic accumuations of juniper berries create dark spots on the floor of Juniper Spring wash

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7019-juniper-spring-wash.jpg A barrel cactus has detached from its hillside garden and tumbled down into Juniper Spring washThumbnailsViews across Ivanpah Valley to the Clark Mountains present themselves as I approach the bottom of Juniper Spring washA barrel cactus has detached from its hillside garden and tumbled down into Juniper Spring washThumbnailsViews across Ivanpah Valley to the Clark Mountains present themselves as I approach the bottom of Juniper Spring washA barrel cactus has detached from its hillside garden and tumbled down into Juniper Spring washThumbnailsViews across Ivanpah Valley to the Clark Mountains present themselves as I approach the bottom of Juniper Spring washA barrel cactus has detached from its hillside garden and tumbled down into Juniper Spring washThumbnailsViews across Ivanpah Valley to the Clark Mountains present themselves as I approach the bottom of Juniper Spring washA barrel cactus has detached from its hillside garden and tumbled down into Juniper Spring washThumbnailsViews across Ivanpah Valley to the Clark Mountains present themselves as I approach the bottom of Juniper Spring wash

From a distance this first appears as dark soil. A directed glance suggests rabbit droppings, until a closer look reveals the unmistakable blue of juniper berries.