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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
Pan Quemado gallery
Photographer: Mark Dimmitt
The creosote flat in the foreground and the mesquite-lined wash in the midground are the western edge of Avra Valley. Beyond is the small range called Pan Quemado (burnt bread). |
Above and two images below: The Pan Quemado range is ringed by a nearly continuous band of chainfruit cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida). There are no other cholla stands of this extent in IFNM. |
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| The slopes of Pan Quemado are Arizona Upland Sonoran Desert. In the right image the Silver Bell Mountains and the ASARCO copper mine are on the horizon. |
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