There is a kind of tree, which grows in the arid desert, "quicksand on one side and green desert on the other", which is the most direct embodiment of its survival value. This tree is Haloxylon ammodendron. Haloxylon ammodendron, also known as Zozo, is one of the vegetation types with the highest biological yield in temperate deserts. It is not as graceful as a willow, as tall and straight as a poplar, and as colorful as a hundred flowers.

However, the long-term game with sandstorms, regardless of wind and rain, is not afraid of cold and heat, which makes it unique. In the north of the city where I live, there is a desert Gobi, which accounts for nearly half of the county's land area, and a part of it is a flowing desert. There is little rain and few people here, but every spring, a group of people come here to prevent desertification.

They used special tools to draw small squares on the northern slope of the sand dunes, and then planted Haloxylon ammodendron in each small square. Three or five years later, the weak saplings planted in those years will take root deeply between the square inches and firmly fix the quicksand with tenacious vitality and willpower. ?

If you are lucky enough to go to Shahai on a clear summer day in Wan Li, you will see Haloxylon ammodendron, known as the "handsome man" in the desert, swaying under the blue sky, with thin white branches, soft branches and leaves flashing yellow-gray, and clusters of golden flowers, which constitute a unique landscape in the desert.