Monday, May 05, 2008
Grand Canyon: Flora and fauna
Here's some of the flora and fauna that we saw down in the Grand Canyon...
the flower of a yucca plant
indian paintbrush
cactus flowers
yellow desert flowers
When the agave plant flowers, it puts up a large stalk, which flowers, and then the plant dies. The third photo shows living and dead agave next to each other.
a bighorn sheep (the only one we saw the whole week)
this is probably an eagle or a California condor
some lizards
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I recently hiked Kaibab down then Bright Angel up. I was entranced by the beautiful scent on the hike up Bright Angel. Do you know what plant produced it? It was spicy sweet. Thanks!
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