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Habitat Zones of Southern California



Burrobush/Cheese-bush
Hymenocela salsola

This desert shrub is in all of the deserts of the western U.S. A member of the sunflower family it's name comes from the smell of cheese when you crush the leaves and from wild burros eating it.



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