Story behind the images at Nevada High Points #90 – Madelin Mesa – Trail Option

Burns have taken a toll on the Madeline Mesa but hardy curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany. Great Basin Desert, USA

Disturbance plants such as rubber rabbitbrush colonize burn scars on Madeline Mesa, Great Basin Desert, USA

Great Basin wildrye thrives along narrow, rocky floodplain where skeletons of western juniper trace earlier woodland, Madeline Mesa, Great Basin Desert, USA

Color spills from protective rock outcrops where seeds and water gather, Madeline Mesa, Great Basin Desert, USA

Pronghorn antelope gather at a lone western juniper, attentive as always. Madeline Mesa, Great Basin Desert, USA

Your host on High Point #90, Rowland Mountain, Madeline Mesa, Great Basin Desert, USA
