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Boyce Thompson Arboretum, South Mtn Park
& Goldfield Ghost Town
© W.P. Armstrong 4 January 2013

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

South Mountain Park

Desert varnish and Hohokam petrogylphs.

Goldfield Ghost Town

Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum). Courtesy of Superstition Mountain Museum.

Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum). Courtesy of South Mtn Park Nature Center.

Left: Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum). Right: Western Diamond Back (Crotalus atrox).
Courtesy of the Reptile Exhibit at Goldfield Ghost Town, Arizona.

Some Arizona Sonoran Desert Native Plants

Dehiscent legumes of desert senna (Senna covesii).

Chain cholla (Opuntia fulgida).

Desert Christmas cactus (Opuntia leptocaulis).

Red barberry (Berberis haematocarpa).

Scrub oak (Quercus turbinella).

Kearney's Sumac (Rhus kearneyi).

Arizona Mormon Tea (Ephedra fasciculata) female plant.

Cryptobiotic liverwort (Riccia). Lower desiccated leaves rolled up.

Few-flowered wild hyacinth (Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. pauciflorum): One of the first native spring wildflowers to appear along the Silly Mountain trail (east of Mesa, Arizona) on 21 February 2013.