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California’s distribution of deserts is pervasive on the southeastern region of the state. In the Great Basin, Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert, the Great Basin and the Sonoran Floristic Province prevail. In these provinces, desert scrublands and woodlands biome cover 34% of the state (Hyslop et al., 2008). The predominating species in the Great Basin is the sagebrush scrub community (see Figure 1) while in the sonorant floristic province, the creosote bush scrub community (see Figure 2 and 3) dominates and to the east of the Sierra Nevada, the pinyon-juniper woodlands lies where the California fan palm thrives (see Figure 4).