This thread opened my eyes a bit... I assumed most people understood desert !== a sterile sand landscape. Here's a photo I snapped from my backyard just now. T

This thread opened my eyes a bit... I assumed most people understood desert !== a sterile sand landscape. Here's a photo I snapped from my backyard just now. This is the Sonoran Desert in Phoenix, but much of the southwest is like this. Not exactly a dead ecosystem. https://i.imgur.com/fBkMHBA.jpg https://i.imgur.com/fBkMHBA.jpg