It is well adapted to life as a desert plant. It grows in dry desert scrub, juniper woodland, and other desert plant communities. This valley is part of the northwesternmost Mojave Desert plant community and ecoregion. There is also a desert plant in some areas. Adjacent to the Visitor's Center, a desert plant garden is maintained. Cistanche tubulosa is a holoparasitic desert plant species in the genus "Cistanche". Since it is a desert plant it does not have to be watered often. Ar-Ramtha is named after a local desert plant, al-ramath (). Pistachio is a desert plant and is highly tolerant of saline soil. It is a desert plant with good heat and drought tolerance. This desert plant species does not possess spines and is non-succulent. It is a desert plant and grows in arid conditions on sandy and stony ground.