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Arches National Park
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ACERACEAE
 
(Maple Family)
Acer negundo

BOXELDER

 


AGAVACEAE 
(Yucca Family)
Yucca harrimaniae

HARRIMAN'S YUCCA

 
Yucca harrimaniae
  


ANACARDIACEAE 
(Cashew Family)
Rhus aromatica

SKUNKBUSH

 


ANACARDIACEAE 
(Cashew Family)
Toxicodendron rydbergii

POISON IVY

 
Toxicodendron rydbergii
  

APIACEAE 
(Carrot Family)

Cymopterus acaulis var. fendleri

FENDLER'S SPRING-PARSLEY

 


APIACEAE 
(Carrot Family)

Cymopterus newberryi

SWEETROOT SPRING-PARSLEY

 


APIACEAE
 
(Carrot Family)
Cymopterus purpureus var. purpureus

PURPLE SPRING-PARSLEY

 


APOCYNACEAE
 
(Dogbane Family)
Amsonia tomentosa

TOMENTOSE AMSONIA

 


APOCYNACEAE
 
(Dogbane Family)
Apocynum cannabinum

DOGBANE

 

 

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Ed Abbey  

Did You Know?
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.

Last Updated: November 02, 2007 at 16:16 EST