<b><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ephedra_viridis" title="Category:Ephedra viridis">Green ephedra (Ephedra viridis)</a></b> — closeup showing male cones and pairs of tiny reddish vestigial leaves at stem nodes.  
<ul><li>Along Methuselah Trail in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Bristlecone_Pine_Forest_(California)" title="Category:Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (California)">Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest</a> of the Inyo National Forest, in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:White_Mountains_(California)" title="Category:White Mountains (California)">White Mountains</a>, eastern California.</li></ul>
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