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Plant #4: Plant Description
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Two images: Right: A plant grows amongst a lush green field of thick grass with a tall, whitish-gray undulating and steep set of cliff walls, some shining in the sun while others lie in shadows. The long, stiff dark green leaves, resembling very wide blades of grass, rise from a central point up to one or two feet tall. One flowering stalk rises unseen from the central point and surpasses the leaves in height. Its flowers resemble slightly broken or bent eggshells, mostly white but slightly blended with green. Dead, light gray leaves lie on the ground, still attached at their bases to the central point and their ends forming a rough circle around the plant.
Left: Two plants described above grow next to each other with one slightly behind the other. Each plant has a couple flowering stalks. On each plant, one stalk bears drying flowers toward the bottom and light green capsule-like fruits on the top; the other stalk extends outward dried and dead with only short stems. Grasses and steep cliff walls fill the background scenery.
Now, can you identify this plant? Choices are: Rocky Mountain Juniper, Saguaro Cactus, Cabbage Palm, Coconut Palm, Leafus Plantstemious, Yellow Seavine, Ponderosa Pine, Prickly Pear Cactus, Winterfat, Soapweed Yucca, or Dotted Gayfeather.
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Park Ranger: Resource Technician - This file is the alt text for the picture of Plant #4. Activity - can you identify this plant? (11 choices given at the end.)
Credit
NPS: A. Stiles
Date Created
04/02/2023
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