In fall, the luminescence of rabbitbrush transforms the landscape in the San Luis Valley, South Park and numerous arid Colorado valleys. When I see a landscape with such a dominant and conspicuous ...

A bright yellow flowering plant was growing out of parched soil in the badlands of South Dakota. It seemed hard to believe any plant could grow in the dry soil, let alone produce flowers. The hardy ...

I woke up early and rolled out of my tent, hoping to capture a brilliant sunrise. I had camped in a favorite site, with views of the San Rafael Swell to the west, the Book Cliffs to the north, and the ...

Rubber rabbitbrush has entered the high point of its blooming season, and it is a plant well worth spending some time watching. The recreational pursuit I call “wildflowering” typically involves ...

This time of year the pickings are pretty slim for bees and other pollinators in search of flowers. But in the dry lowlands of California a shrub called rabbitbrush blooms on, carpeting vast areas ...

Like Rodney Dangerfield, a common Bingham County shrub can claim it gets no respect. Although rabbitbrush is a widespread shrub, frequently occurring in sagebrush-dominated habitats throughout much of ...