Polymer Chemistry. Morphology. Polymer morphology is the overall form of polymer structure, including crystallinity, branching, molecular weight, cross-linking, and so on14. Small molecules usually have crystalline solids, which are highly-ordered 3-dimensional arrays of the molecules.
Further information: List of flora of the Mojave Desert and Flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone. Native wildflower blazing star (Mentzelia lindleyi) Gentiana algida in Sierra Nevada. California native plants are plants that existed in California prior to the arrival of European explorers and colonists in the late 18th century.
One such inhabitant is the desert tortoise (Gopherus (Xerobates) agassizii), Official Reptile of the State of California. Desert tortoises in their native habitat feed on annual wild flowers, annual and perennial grasses, and the pads and buds of some cactus species. The term annual designates those plants which complete their life cycle in one season. These plants germinate, grow, flower, set seed, and die in one growing season.