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Desert or arid grasslands comprise 20% of this desert and are often mosaics of shrubs and grasses. They include purple three-awn (''[[Aristida purpurea]]''), black grama (''[[Bouteloua eriopoda]]''), and sideoats grama (''[[Bouteloua curtipendula]]''). Early Spanish explorers reported encountering grasses that were "belly high to a horse;" most likely these were big alkali sacaton (''[[Sporobolus wrightii]]'') and tobosa (''[[Pleuraphis]] [[Pleuraphis mutica|mutica]]'') along floodplain or bottomland areas.<ref name="WWF"/>
The United Nations Environment Programme reported in 2006 that nearly half of the bird, mammal, and butterfly species in the Chihuahuan Desert are expected to be replaced by other species by 2055 due to climate change.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Global_Deserts_Outlook/EEz8yAMp7SAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR7&printsec=frontcover|title=Global Deserts Outlook|publisher=United Nations Environment Programme|year=2006|isbn=9789280727227}}</ref>
==Protected areas==
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==Gallery==
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File:Creosote Larrea tridentata.JPG|Young creosote bush (''Larrea tridentata'')
File:VanHornTX 2008.jpg|[[Yucca]], [[Larrea tridentata|creosote]], and [[mesquite]] typify the plants in the Chihuahuan Desert
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