This plant is native to the desert mountains and plains of eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows on arid, rocky slopes and flats.

Tiger bush stripes occur on arid slopes where plant growth is limited by rainfall.

"Thanks for your help, Jean-Luc," she said, wiping her hands off on the arid slope of the gully.

It is situated on an arid slope leading down to the Orange River.

If there were passes through the arid slopes, they were no doubt few and would prove difficult.

It strengthens the soil, is used for afforestation of arid and steep slopes and against landslides.

Tiger bush consists of stripes of bushes on arid slopes in countries such as Niger where plant growth is limited by rainfall.

Both inhabit arid slopes with rocks and shrubbery from sea-level to high in the foothills of the Andes, reaching 3700 metres in the north.

To this day, not a blade of grass or a stain of lichen has returned to the arid slope.

It is found on arid slopes up to heights of 2,500 to 3,000 meters.