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The pinkish-white buckwheat flowers dominate the Walking Box Ranch Road area, but they are not the only showy plants

6150-walking-box-ranch-road.jpg Fields of pinkish-white buckwheat flowers bloom along Walking Box Ranch Road, with Nevada's McCullough Mountains in the distanceThumbnailsWalking Box Ranch Road is mostly straight and slightly uphill, but occasional humps over desert topography add interestFields of pinkish-white buckwheat flowers bloom along Walking Box Ranch Road, with Nevada's McCullough Mountains in the distanceThumbnailsWalking Box Ranch Road is mostly straight and slightly uphill, but occasional humps over desert topography add interestFields of pinkish-white buckwheat flowers bloom along Walking Box Ranch Road, with Nevada's McCullough Mountains in the distanceThumbnailsWalking Box Ranch Road is mostly straight and slightly uphill, but occasional humps over desert topography add interestFields of pinkish-white buckwheat flowers bloom along Walking Box Ranch Road, with Nevada's McCullough Mountains in the distanceThumbnailsWalking Box Ranch Road is mostly straight and slightly uphill, but occasional humps over desert topography add interestFields of pinkish-white buckwheat flowers bloom along Walking Box Ranch Road, with Nevada's McCullough Mountains in the distanceThumbnailsWalking Box Ranch Road is mostly straight and slightly uphill, but occasional humps over desert topography add interest

The white fluffies in the foreground look like a winterfat bush, and many pale yellow flowers (matchweed?) also dot this area.