Kudancin daji (sunan Latin: Larrea tridentata ) yana a cikin Desert Southwest. Za a iya gano bishiyoyi daga waxy kore ganye da furanni rawaya. Wadannan daga bisani sun juya zuwa zagaye, nau'i-nau'i mai laushi masu launin fata, waxannan su ne 'ya'yan itacen daji. A Arizona, ana samuwa ne kawai a kudancin kudancin jihar saboda ba zai iya zama sama da mita 5,000 ba. A cikin yankin Phoenix, ƙananan shudu ne.
Ana furta: cree '-uh-sote.
Mutane da yawa waɗanda suka saba zuwa hamada suna lura da ƙanshi mai ban sha'awa a cikin hamada a kan lokuta masu ban sha'awa idan muna da ruwan sama . Mutanen da suke zuwa yankin Phoenix suna kallon juna kuma suna tambaya, "Mene ne wannan wari?" Ita ce creosote daji. Wannan abu ne mai ban sha'awa, kuma ko da yake mutane da yawa ba su damu da shi ba, wasu suna son shi ne kawai saboda ya kawo sako mai kyau - RAIN!
Kwayoyin bishiyoyin da aka yi amfani da su suna da rufi tare da resin don hana asarar ruwa a cikin hamada mai zafi. Rashin resin na daji na kare shi ya kare wannan shuka daga yawancin dabbobi da kwari. An yi imani cewa daji yana samar da kayan mai guba don kiyaye wasu tsire-tsire masu girma daga girma. Tsuntsauran bishiyoyi suna da dadewa, yawancin su sun kasance a cikin shekara ɗari, kuma zasu iya girma zuwa tsawon mita 15. Akwai wata halitta mai rai da ke da rai wanda aka kiyasta kimanin shekaru 12,000!
Ko da yake wasu suna kallon wariyar da aka lalacewa a matsayin "ainihin yanayin hamada," kalmar Mutanen Espanya ga shuka, hediondilla, na nufin "ɗan lalata," yana nuna cewa ba kowa ba yana ganin ƙanshin sama ko faranta rai.
Cibiyar da aka yi amfani da ita ita ce wata magunguna ce ta 'yan asalin ƙasar Amurkan, kuma ana amfani da tururi daga ganyayyaki don taimakawa wajen kwantar da hankali.
An kuma yi amfani da shi a matsayin shayi mai magani domin ya warkar da irin wadannan cututtuka kamar fuka, ƙwayar ciki, ciwon daji, tari, sanyi, da sauransu.
Kudancin daji shine na kowa a cikin yankin Phoenix mafi girma. Za ku ga ƙananan bishiyoyi a yankunan hiking, wuraren shakatawa da kuma gonakin hamada, kamar lambun daji na Botanical da Boyce Thompson Arboretum .