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


 

Biological Survey of Ironwood Forest National Monument

Samaniego Hills gallery

Photographer: Mark Dimmitt

The Samaniego Hills are just a few small round bumps on the landscape. On their lower eastern bajada at the edge of the Avra Valley the deep soil supports some very large ironwood trees. Saguaros are rare here but they too tend to be huge.

 

 


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