• The Ocotillo Formation is a Pliocene fluvial-alluvial fan geologic formation in the Colorado Desert of Southern California. It occurs in western Imperial...
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  • Juglans. California portal Paleontology portal Ocotillo Formation — fluvial-alluvial fan Pliocene formation Quaternary California List of fossiliferous stratigraphic...
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    partial remains of Xyrauchen are also known from the Pleistocene-aged Ocotillo Formation of California. The species originally occurred throughout the medium-sized...
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  • Period of the Cenozoic Era. It underlies the Palm Spring Formation, and overlies the Ocotillo Formation. Paleontology portal List of fossiliferous stratigraphic...
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  • McDougall, K. A.; Steely, A. N. (January 2007). "Pleistocene Brawley and Ocotillo Formations: Evidence for Initial Strike-Slip Deformation along the San Felipe...
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  • Caliente Formation Neogene Oclese Sand Formation Neogene Ocotillo Formation Ono Formation Cretaceous Orinda Formation Neogene Oro Loma Formation Neogene...
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    and flood plain deposits of the Palm Spring Formation in the Vallecito and Fish Creek Badlands and Ocotillo Conglomerate exposed in the Borrego Badlands...
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    years. Along the Foothills Loop Trail hike, desert plants may be observed: ocotillo, creosote bush, mesquite, desert broom, acacia, wait-a-minute bush, scrub...
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    Echinocereus pectinatus are the dominant species in western Coahuila. Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), lechuguilla, and Yucca filifera are the most common...
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    Devils Postpile National Monument (category Rock formations of California)
    Eastern California. The monument protects Devils Postpile, an unusual rock formation of columnar basalt, "all closely and perfectly fitted together like a...
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    McDougall, K. A., & Steely, A. N. (2007). Pleistocene Brawley and Ocotillo formations: Evidence for initial strike-slip deformation along the San Felipe...
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    eastern part of the park and features habitats of creosote bush scrub, ocotillo, desert saltbush, and mixed scrub including yucca and cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia...
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    desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata), desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), rock nettle (Eucnide urens), and lechuguilla (Agave...
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    long overall. Xylocopa californica has been observed to rob nectar from ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens, and are determined to be their primary pollinator...
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    (volcanic-derived mud flows) in the Pliocene which became the Tuscan Formation. This formation is not exposed anywhere in the national park but it is just below...
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    and made it difficult to travel to Palm Springs. In Imperial County near Ocotillo, I-8 was closed for two days after three large boulders fell onto the eastbound...
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    effectively. Another unique adaptation can be found in xerophytes like ocotillo, which are "leafless during most of the year, thereby avoiding excessive...
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    restoration or in storage B-25B 40-2347 – fuselage in storage at Aero Trader in Ocotillo Wells, California recently purchased by Kermit weeks of fantasy of flight...
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    City are: Century Park Dog Park Dennis Keat Soccer Park Memorial Park Ocotillo Park Panorama Park Patriot Park Second Street Park Town Square An additional...
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    City of Rocks State Park (category Rock formations of New Mexico)
    Park is a state park in New Mexico, consisting of large sculptured rock formations in the shape of pinnacles or boulders rising as high as 40 feet (12 m)...
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    Island. The sequence includes the Pozo Formation, Canada Formation, Jolla Vieja Formation, and the Cozy Dell Formation. San Miguel and Santa Rosa islands...
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    Pinacate volcanics with teddy-bear chollas, ocotillos, young saguaros, and a palo verde tree. Photo by Jack Dykinga....
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    also known as the Imperial Highway, not far from the desert community of Ocotillo. There are no marked trails and the footing is treacherous, made up of...
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    Westmorland Desert Shores Heber Niland Salton City Seeley Bombay Beach Ocotillo Palo Verde Salton Sea Beach Winterhaven The El Centro, CA MSA is a multicore...
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    species such as creosote bush, white bursage, brittlebush, catclaw acacia, ocotillo, mariola, western honey mesquite, four-winged saltbush, big sagebrush,...
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    recreational opportunities..." State Recreation Areas in California Oceano Dunes Ocotillo Wells Salton Sea State Beaches consist of "areas with frontage on the ocean...
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    of their people, and loss of their lands and resources. The War and formation of the Mariposa Battalion was partially the result of a single incident...
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    the organpipe, barrel, fishhook, senita, prickly pear and cholla cacti; ocotillo; Palo Verde trees and foothill and blue paloverde; California fan palm;...
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    snake, kingsnake, red diamond rattlesnake and the rosy boa. Located near Ocotillo, California in the Coyote Mountains, Fossil Canyon (and the surrounding...
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    Kelso Dunes, the Marl Mountains and the Cima Dome, as well as volcanic formations such as Hole-in-the-Wall and the Cinder Cone Lava Beds. The preserve surrounds...
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