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Ironwood Forest National Monument
Vegetation & regional scenery
Flora
Cacti
Saguaro and tree distribution
Natural history of the desert ironwood tree
Rare plants
Exotic plants
Human impacts
Chuckwalla and Desert Iguana
Desert Tortoise
Lesser Long-Nosed Bat
Geology
Image galleries by location:
Avra Valley
Aguirre Valley
Pan Quemado Mountains
Ragged Top
Roskruge Mountains
Samaniego Hills
Sawtooth Mountains
Silver Bell Mountains
Waterman Mountains
West Silver Bell Mountains
Image galleries by habitat:
Arizona Upland
Lower Colorado River Valley
Washes
Image galleries by plant types:
Ironwood Tree
Cacti
Crucifixion thorns
Misc. Flora
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Biological Survey of Ironwood Forest National Monument
Avra Valley gallery
Photographer: Mark Dimmitt
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Avra Valley within IFNM is mainly creosotebush flats with some mesquite washes. This valley is too high and cold to support the ironwood trees that commonly dominate low desert drainages. The desert pavement in the upper left image may be the easternmost example of this arid geological phenomenon. |
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