No. 49, May/June 2001
Linkages between Climate Change and Desertification: Smith & Huxman

Figure 3: Abundant growth at FACE facility in an El Niño year

This abundant display, showing not just native spring wildflowers but also exotic invasive grasses such as red brome, demonstrates the effects of above-average rainfall in an El Niño year. This photo is from an elevated CO2 plot, where annuals were larger and denser than in ambient CO2 plots.