With an elevation that spans 3, to 5, feet, Snow Canyon blooms from spring through autumn, peaking between late March and early May. Hikers, bikers and equestrians can spy flowers — including wild rhubarb and purple sage — along miles of paths, but the Sand Dunes and Hidden Pinyon trails are especially popular for shrubbery.
Desert ecosystems are some of the most fragile in the world, making it difficult to guess which plants will bloom when. The Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Trail traces two acres of flowering desert flora. Irrigation and thorough preparation mean bountiful blooms during March and April, including penstemon, desert lupine, and Mexican and California poppies. The Garden also runs a Wildflower Info Site in collaboration with 21 parks and gardens.
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The thin, whispy flowers range from light pink to orange throughout the desert region. The Fairy Duster, an importand food item for a variety of desert dwelling birds and animals, is found below 5, feet on open hillsides and sandy washes. During years of above-average rainfall, the yellow-orange flowered fiddlenecks will be particularily abundant and found in dense patches in the upland desert.
This plant irritates human skin upon contact. This small biennial to annual flowering herb is actually a member of the mustard family. Interestingly, the white flowers turn to yellow the further east in range occourance. In Arizona most jewelflowers are white. This forb can reach a height of over six feet tall throughout its range.
The thistle blooms from March through September after above-average rainfall. A small spring annual that grows in large "mats" sporting numerous purple flowers. Present only after above-average winter precipitation in desert flats, and somewhat rocky areas near washes.
After periods of above-average rainfall, these beautiful annual forbs can produce huge swaths of color in generally open desert areas from March through May. A small, delicate, annually recurring herb, the Rock Daisy is usually found in relatively open rocky or sandy desert areas. Scorpion weed usually blooms from February through June and is found typically along desert washes and hillsides between 1, feet and 4, feet.
Flowering best during years of above-average desert rainfall, these small yellow flowers typically occur in western Arizona between ft and ft elevation. Arizona's diverse desert plant communities just wouldn't be complete without cacti! The varying cacti species of Arizona conjour up visions of western culture and have even become synonomous with the culture of the Grand Canyon State.
Mention Arizona to anyone not living here and they will most likely have the thought of a tall and mighty saguaro or fruit laden pricly pear! Spend enough time here and you'll have memorable encounters with cacti. Unforgettable seas of red blooms atop ocotillos are nice, so is the melon scent of a saguaro flower But then again, memories in cactus country typically involve a pair of tweezers. The barrel cactus is a very hardy plant and can be found from the desert floor up to 5, feet in elevation.
Flowers appear in the late summer and may be yellow, orange, or red depending on location. Six varieties of buckhorn cholla occur throughout the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of Arizona. Blooms take place from April-May and both flower color and spination may differ between individual specimens across the range.
The fruits are an important food item for desert wildlife and can grow continually throughout the year. Magenta flowers bloom from April to September, Although June is the peak bloom. Found throughout much of the Sonoran Desert country of central and southern Arizona from 3, to 5, feet in elevation.
Brilliant red or pink flowers appear in April or May. The name Prickly Pear represents over 12 varieties of padded cacti found throughout the American Southwest. Several species are found throughout Arizona from sea-level up to 8, ft. The fruits are an importand food item for wildlife and are usually ripe during the summer. The ocotillo is common throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts and prefers to grow where the soil is well drained like rocky slopes and along high-desert washes.
The Saguaro is a Sonoran Desert icon and also the most easily identifiable of Arizona's cacti species is not very frost resistant and prefers to live below 3, feet. Arizona's state flower blooms from the Saguaro from late April to June and opens only at night being pollinated primarily by bats. This super spiny cholla species can be found below 3, feet in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts on warm, open hillsides, rocky washes, and sandy flats.
The desert trees that occur in Arizona's Sonoran Desert are very beneficial to the wildlife and other plants within their communities. Too little rain provides a poor climate for seed germination. Too much rain, and the seeds could rot or be washed away. Showers too early or too late in the season may not help the flowers bloom. Temperature is also critical. Warm days are a good indicator of a full bloom ahead. If the sun gets too hot though, over 85 degrees F.
Cool nights can assist flower seedlings by slowing the growth of competitors like grasses and mustards. However, very cold temperatures mean bad news for blossoms. When will the flowers bloom? None of us knows for sure.
Each year's bloom is unique in its variety, profusion and timing. From late February through March, you can find blossoms on the desert floor. To plan your visit to coincide with the peak of the bloom, take advantage of the various wildflower hotlines and information sources available from DesertUSA and the state and national parks.
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