Don't Bust the Crust! Hooded Sweatshirt FEB Plant is approx 10 years

Plant is approx 10 years old

making this pup potentially a few years old

Colors range from green to pinkish when grown in brighter conditions

Front thigh patches opened up to become two large tool/glove/phone pockets

and The Genus Conophytum: A Conograph

Don't Bust the Crust! Hooded Sweatshirt FEB Plant is approx 10 yearsCryptobiotic soil crusts form when communities of microscopic algae, fungi, lichens, and mosses, grow together in desert soilsgluing soil particles together to form a living symbiotic matrix. These cryptic lifeformsvital to the health of arid ecosystems, are also highly vulnerable to human disturbance. For decades, Jayne Belnap and the amazing folks at the National Parks Service (NPS) have acted as human advocates for these remarkable and unassuming