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A few stretches of this Castle Peaks wash have a lot of thorny Catclaw acacia bushes to avoid
Catclaw acacia are those grey leafless bushes that look dead. They are just beginning to sprout leaves at this time of year. I always gets hooked and stabbed by this plant if my hiking gets careless in areas like this!