Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.
A fenced BLM natural area in the Yuha Desert preserving one of California’s largest stands of crucifixion thorn (Castela emoryi), a rare Sonoran Desert shrub otherwise more common in Arizona and Mexico. A walk-in entry off State Route 98 lets visitors see the spiny assemblage without OHV intrusion—complementing nearby Yuha cultural landscape stops without repeating the Anza Overlook, Algodones dunes, or Carrizo Badlands pins.