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Smoke trees (Psorothamnus spinosus) seem to really like this Bristol Mountains wash

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7758-kelso-dunes-wilderness.jpg The hike out of the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area back down to Broadwell Dry Lake begins in earnestThumbnailsThis lone stem peering out from the gravel reminds me of a chia sage from last yearThe hike out of the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area back down to Broadwell Dry Lake begins in earnestThumbnailsThis lone stem peering out from the gravel reminds me of a chia sage from last yearThe hike out of the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area back down to Broadwell Dry Lake begins in earnestThumbnailsThis lone stem peering out from the gravel reminds me of a chia sage from last yearThe hike out of the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area back down to Broadwell Dry Lake begins in earnestThumbnailsThis lone stem peering out from the gravel reminds me of a chia sage from last yearThe hike out of the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area back down to Broadwell Dry Lake begins in earnestThumbnailsThis lone stem peering out from the gravel reminds me of a chia sage from last year

I recall many smoke trees in a similar Bristol Mountains wash 1.5 miles away when I was hiking two days ago. They like this elevation and the occasional water they get.