Photo Point 052

Description: 
Near the Javelina picnic ground in Saguaro National Park.
Photo: 

The silver-leafed shrub is brittlebush.

Photo date: 
March 23, 2006
View looking: 
N
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
526185
N: 
3558713
Height
Elevation: 
3124 m

Vegetation:

Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Opuntia engelmannii co-dominant 5-9%

1

Carnegiea gigantea common 1-4%

several species of Cylindropuntia also common

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Jatropha cardiophylla common 1-4%
Acacia constricta rare <1%
Fouquieria splendens common 1-4%
Senna covesii common <1%
Simmondsia chinensis uncommon <1%

Jojoba highly variable, from absent to co-dominant

Acacia greggii common 1-4%
Encelia farinosa co-dominant 5-9%

0.5

Calliandra eriophylla common 1-4%
Life form: grass
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Heteropogon contortus common <1%
Muhlenbergia porteri common 1-4%
Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Prosopis velutina common 1-4%

whitethorn acacia not at photo site, but common in nearby washes

Parkinsonia microphylla common 1-4%