A web page discussing the botanical treasures of Joshua Tree National Park, including details about the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, diverse plant life, and adaptive strategies of desert plants.
"It's an amazing material," Professor McGeehan said, "cellulose and lignin are among the most abundant biopolymers on earth. The success of plants is largely due to the clever mixture of these polymers to create lignocellulose, a material that is challenging to digest."
