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224:Hymenoclea fasciculata
232:Hymenoclea pentalepis
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360:Joshua tree woodland
317:shrub in the family
240:Hymenoclea salsola''
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418:Baja California Sur
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352:creosote bush scrub
243:Torr. & A. Gray
987:Hymenoclea salsola
370:, to northwestern
313:, is a species of
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272:Hymenoclea salsola
260:Hymenoclea salsola
248:Hymenoclea salsola
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319:Asteraceae
295:cheesebush
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