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Dry grass during a drought with some green plants still.

A disturbed fire ant mound revealing the tunnels and chambers with ants racing around the mound. The red imported fire ant (Atta geminata) is an aggressive species native to central and south America. This active mound is in Florida and often pushes out native ant species.

Growth on a sandy cliff, sparse vegetation of robust plants

Close up of a large ant hill covered in ants

Dry, cracked earth in the fens of Cambridgeshire, England.

Pea seedlings grow on cracked land, North China

fog-basking beetle in sossusvlei (Namibia, Namib Desert)

I am fascinated by what appears to be a sterile dead environment until I look closer and see tiny mosses, lichens and algae actually growing a stabilizing soil on undistrubed sand. I learned about this fragile cryptobiotic soil from rangers in the United States National Parks.

Growth of trees in drought crisis, Living with tree drought.

Freshly planted rice in a muddy field on the island Samosir in the lake Toba in North Indonesia

A top-down, close-up view of a clay tennis court that has been overtaken by weed grass. The once-smooth surface is now marred by patches of unruly green growth, which sprout from cracks and spread unevenly across the court. The clay, with its earthy red hue, is disrupted by the resilient weeds

Close-up photo of a top view of an ant nest on the ground.

footprints on the river bank of an ungulate animal, an old cow footprint

Burnt grass beside a railroad track outside Ella in the Uva Province in Sri Lanka. In the dry seasons trains often set the grass on fire due to sparks from the brakes

Drought land at agriculture field. Rapeseed flower and dry soil

Stock photo showing close-up, elevated view of raised bed, vegetable garden compost planted with Fenugreek seedlings.

Flower of the beans in young flowering plant

$De dwergzegge (Carex oederi subsp. oederi, synoniemen: Carex serotina, Carex viridula subsp. viridula, Carex scandinavica) is een overblijvend kruid dat behoort tot de cypergrassenfamilie (Cyperaceae) en wordt vaak verward met de geelgroene zegge. De soort staat op de Nederlandse Rode lijst van planten als algemeen voorkomend en stabiel of toegenomen. De plant komt van nature voor in Europa en Noord-Amerika. \nDe plant wordt 5-30 cm hoog en vormt dichte polletjes. De stengels zijn rechtopstaand, glad en stomp driekantig. De gootvormige bladeren zijn 1-2 mm breed. De onderste bladscheden zijn strokleurig, lichtbeige of wit. \nHabitat: Dwergzegge komt voor op natte, zoete tot brakke, matig voedselrijke grond vooral in duinvalleien en op groene stranden. \nFlowering Season: De hoofdbloei van de dwergzegge valt in mei, juni en juli. In augustus, september en oktober komen ook bloeiende planten voor.\nDistribution: De plant komt van nature voor in Europa en Noord-Amerika (source Wikipedia).$

This black crust of microbiotic soil helps protect the desert soil in areas such as this one near Moab, Utah

The quinoa weed has sprouted on the lawn.

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