And for the astute observer, Wizard should have put "flora" not "fauna"
It is indeed a form of sagebrush, Wile E.
I, however, am not a botanist's bootstrap, so I do not know how much more assistance I can provide in this regard.
I can tell you that Uluru (indigenous name for Ayer's Rock) is 863 m (2,831 ft) high, which is about the same as where I live thousands of kilometres away.
Made of arkose which is like a sandstone but rich in feldspar, and would have been eroded from a granite mountain.