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I stop to look at an old, dead yucca trunk laying on the ground

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6636-castle-peaks.jpg A little further along the ridge, I gaze across the plateau over Malpais Spring toward the area of Searchlight, NevadaThumbnailsAn open area on the ridge is dotted with tufts of pink cactus flowersA little further along the ridge, I gaze across the plateau over Malpais Spring toward the area of Searchlight, NevadaThumbnailsAn open area on the ridge is dotted with tufts of pink cactus flowersA little further along the ridge, I gaze across the plateau over Malpais Spring toward the area of Searchlight, NevadaThumbnailsAn open area on the ridge is dotted with tufts of pink cactus flowersA little further along the ridge, I gaze across the plateau over Malpais Spring toward the area of Searchlight, NevadaThumbnailsAn open area on the ridge is dotted with tufts of pink cactus flowersA little further along the ridge, I gaze across the plateau over Malpais Spring toward the area of Searchlight, NevadaThumbnailsAn open area on the ridge is dotted with tufts of pink cactus flowers

From a distance, it just looks like old grey wood, but a close-up view reveals the tightly compacted fibres that make up the "wood."