There’s nothing that evokes the Sonoran desert more than the smell of creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) after the rain. These remarkable plants are native to all of the North American deserts ...

Known scientifically as Larrea tridentata, and in common parlance as the creosote bush, it produces small, pretty yellow flowers in spring and summer. But it is the pleasantly pungent smell ...

The creosote bush that grows in deserts around Tucson isn’t exactly spectacular in appearance — but one thing about it might astound you: its amazing age. Creosote clones stemming from a ...