What she saw was no ordinary desert plant. Tiny, fuzzy ... of a new duck-billed dinosaur and rediscovered a species of oak once thought extinct. In the meantime, Deb Manley plans to keep exploring.

A volunteer with the park’s botany program and a park ranger first noticed the tiny, fuzzy plants in desert rocks last March ... and detection of a species of oak (Quercus tardifolia) once ...

The unique plant was found growing on desert rocks in a remote area of Big ... and detection of a species of oak (Quercus tardifolia) once considered extinct." ...

The small plant, officially named Ovicula biradiata and more affectionately called “wooly devil,” was first spotted in March 2024, sprinkled among desert ... a species of oak once considered ...