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I walk past some banana yuccas and toward a stand of joshua trees on my way up this next McCullough Mountains hill

1801-mccullough-mountains.jpg I'll start the hike back to camp by hiking up the hill at centre-left, then following the ridge down to the hill in the middleThumbnailsI take note of this light-pink Mojave Desert native thistle: Cirsium neomexicanumI'll start the hike back to camp by hiking up the hill at centre-left, then following the ridge down to the hill in the middleThumbnailsI take note of this light-pink Mojave Desert native thistle: Cirsium neomexicanumI'll start the hike back to camp by hiking up the hill at centre-left, then following the ridge down to the hill in the middleThumbnailsI take note of this light-pink Mojave Desert native thistle: Cirsium neomexicanumI'll start the hike back to camp by hiking up the hill at centre-left, then following the ridge down to the hill in the middleThumbnailsI take note of this light-pink Mojave Desert native thistle: Cirsium neomexicanumI'll start the hike back to camp by hiking up the hill at centre-left, then following the ridge down to the hill in the middleThumbnailsI take note of this light-pink Mojave Desert native thistle: Cirsium neomexicanum

I haven't noticed many joshua trees growing at this rather high-elevation area (approx. 5725 feet).