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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
Silver Bell Mountains gallery
Photographer: Mark Dimmitt
View south to the Silver Bell Mountains from the summit of Ragged Top. |
View of Silverbell Peak from an arroyo on the eastern bajada. This area has many ironwood trees (the brighter greens in this backlit image). |
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| Above two images: The eastern bajada of the Silver Bell Mountains supports well-developed Arizona Upland with ironwood trees (the dense ones) being codominant with foothill palo verdes. |
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| Surrounding four images: Gentle terrain with ample open areas within the dense Arizona Upland vegetation invites leisurely hikes. |
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View ENE from high on the slope of Silver Bell Peak across the town of Marana in the Avra Valley to the Tortolita Mountains. |
High on the slopes of Silver Bell Peak is an unusual shrubland dominated by jojoba. We tentatively classify it as an anomalous chaparral. It isn't know whether it can burn like typical chaparral. |
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