The Sonoran Desert And Its Diversity.

The Sonoran desert is a very interesting place. From the diverse animal life that inhabits this beautiful area. To the amazing abundance of plant life that can survive this landscapes of extremes. This area of the south west has an abundance of snake and lizards and also deer and coyotes. There are also many plants that are edible for humans. And some that can even help medicinally. There are cacti that can help with pain and inflammation such as the Nopal (Nopal. And even trees that can help with dry eyes such as the Mesquite (Mesquite. The animal life has to be pretty extreme to survive in such a harsh landscape, like the “horny toad” that is actually a lizard. Its skin is full of sharp horns and spines that help protect it from predators. But not only does the animal life have to protect them but the plant life has to as well. Many of the plants use thorns to protect themselves from being eaten such as the barrel cactus with spines that can grow from 3” to 4”.The Sonoran Desert is a very diverse place and the following are some facts about it.