Life
The plants here apart from having thick leaves and stems, have an extensive root system which draws maximum water when ever there is a rainfall.
The stems of these plants can store a large amount of water for later use. Examples are: salt bush, buck wheat bush, rice grass, and black sage and little leaf horse bush.
Animals in this desert are highly specialized in storing waters and are well adapted to the conditions of the desert.
A part from reptiles such as lizards and snakes, amphibians like toads and mammals like coyote and badger are also found here. Insects and birds like golden eagle are also present.