Asked by violent j

Read the sentence.

The harsh wind scoured the scant remaining leaves from the trees, and "a desolate landscape remained in its wake."

The quotation portion of the sentence is

a coordinating conjunction.
a dependent clause.
an independent clause.
a subordinating conjunction.

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an independent clause.

It has a subject ("a desolate landscape") and a verb ("remained") and expresses a complete thought, so it can stand alone as a sentence.