How to Use creosote bush in a Sentence

creosote bush

noun

• Yet desert woodrats that live in the creosote bush's range can eat it without any trouble.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2014
• And a lucky glimpse of their bushy tail skimming over cactuses and creosote bushes is fleeting.
  — Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
• It’s turned rainy and cooler in the past couple of days, but the creosote bushes are blooming yellow.
  — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
• Thunder silenced the cicadas, and the humid air was filled with the spicy-citrus scent of the creosote bush.
  — New York Times, 4 July 2022
• From above, the light of an intransigent sun falls on the creosote bush, the coyotillo, the cat’s claw.
  — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
• Dashiell, 43, steps in close to enjoy a creosote bush’s telltale aroma of black tar and sand after a storm.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2024
• Stately hardwood trees give way to squat shrubs, verdant cornfields to brown wheat and lush grasslands to cacti and creosote bush.
  — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2018
• The pronghorn on Cabeza Prieta are confined to an island of cactus, mesquite and creosote bush.
  — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2014
• Perhaps you’ll be inspired by local scents, like the smell of creosote bushes, which have an earthy brightness after a light rain.
  — Lucky Benson, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Collect rosemary lavender, some leaves and branches from a citrus tree, pine branches or something from a creosote bush, and tie it with twine.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
• Tracking teams, search dogs, drones and helicopters were used to look for him in an area with Joshua trees, creosote bushes and cactuses.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024
• After a brief hike through some scrub, Wall finds a creosote bush studded with holes at the roots — evidence of pack rats that will provide the snake with sustenance.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
• The creosote bush is most known for this, but other plants like desert lavender, brittlebush and mesquite also release fragrant compounds after a rainstorm.
  — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
• Some of the area’s perennial creosote bushes died back during a severe drought that hampered the region through 2022.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
• The area is part of an arid empire of Joshua trees, cactus, bobcats, tortoises and kangaroo rats hemmed by steep slopes, dry lakes and arroyos fringed with creosote bush.
  — Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
• Many people trace the smell to the creosote bush, but Nabhan says other plants, like desert lavender, brittlebush and mesquite also contribute.
  — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
• Overgrazing degraded the rangelands, and mesquite and creosote bushes crowded out native grasses.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Scientists like Nabhan believe desert plants, especially the creosote bush, contribute to the post-rain smell.
  — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
• At a creosote bush — a-tu-kul in the Cahuilla language — Castro explained how families would boil the leaves to make tea, often sweetened with honey.
  — Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• At a creosote bush — a -tu-kul in the Cahuilla language — Castro explained how families would boil the leaves to make tea, often sweetened with honey.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
• There was just a sliver of moon that night, and in the video, their flashlights barely penetrate a ghostly landscape of outdoor furniture, creosote bushes, and cactuses.
  — Jack Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• Conservationists see its acres of creosote bush and cholla cactus as a rare habitat for tortoises, pronghorn antelope and an elusive variety of mule deer.
  — Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Towering saguaro cactuses are collapsing from the heat, and the agaves, creosote bushes and stubby barrel cactuses that spangle highways are turning yellow.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 31 July 2023
• Simply named the Slot, the narrow silt-stone canyon in Anza-Borrego is the place to squeeze, duck and maneuver through the geological ravine, which houses creosote bush and cholla cactus.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021