lcarreau - Oct 20, 2007 8:52 pm - Voted 10/10
Okay, Anya...I have a much better PICTURE of where Fern Canyon is located. What kind of trees - tamarisk? Most definitely, there IS WATER here.
Probably easier to FIND than Surprise Canyon. Somewhere ... on the north side of the SUBLIME ABYSS. Gracias & cheers! (Love Henry's photos!)
Anya Jingle - Oct 20, 2007 10:45 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Okay, Anya...Thank god there are no tamarisks in Red Rocks! They are non-native and "steal" water from other desert plants. The plants that grow at the mouth of Fern Canyon are mostly ponderosas, scrub oak, manzanita, juniper, desert almond, yerba santa etc.
Tamarisks have been a problem in Lake Mead canyons.
lcarreau - Oct 20, 2007 11:29 pm - Voted 10/10
Right on.Yes, I know tamarisks. What is YERBA SANTA???
Is that something a person would BUY at STARBUCKS ... around Christmas time?
(OR perhaps, SOMEBODY a child would leave COOKIES for?)
Must be related to yucca - have to look it up.
Anya Jingle - Oct 20, 2007 11:50 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Right on.Ha, ha. They are shrubs from Waterleaf family. Some of them are low to the ground but some get quite showy and 4 foot tall. Here's a photo of their blooms (Fern Canyon is in the background of the blooms photo on the right.) Cheers.
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