• Double O Arch

    Arches

    National Park Utah

April Flowers Page 8


CUPRESSACEAE
(Cypress Family)
Juniperus osteosperma

UTAH JUNIPER

 


ELAEAGNACEAE
(Oleaster Family)
Elaeagnus angustifolia

RUSSIAN OLIVE

 
Elaeagnus angustifolia
    


EPHEDRACEAE
(Jointfir Family)
Ephedra torreyana

TORREY'S MORMON TEA

 


EPHEDRACEAE
(Jointfir Family)
Ephedra viridis

MORMON TEA

 


EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
Chamaesyce fendleri

FENDLER'S SPURGE

 
Chamaesyce fendleri
    


EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
Euphorbia brachycera

SHORTHORN SPURGE

 


FABACEAE
(Pea Family)
Astragalus amphioxys

CRESCENT MILKVETCH

 


FABACEAE
(Pea Family)
Astragalus ceramicus

PAINTED MILKVETCH

 
Astragalus ceramicus
    


FABACEAE
(Pea Family)
Astragalus desperatus

RIMROCK MILKVETCH

 

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Did You Know?

Ed Abbey

Edward Abbey worked as a seasonal park ranger at Arches in the late 1950s. His 1968 memoir of this experience, "Desert Solitaire," has become a classic of desert literature.