Why the driest place in North America is seeing an explosion of wildflowers

from Weekend Edition Sunday · host Ayesha Rascoe

The driest place in North America is covered with an explosion of wildflowers right now. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with ecologist Tiffany Pereira about Death Valley's superbloom.

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