Please Note: Due to the Desert Gala, there will be no Theater Animal Experience Fri 4/25 - Mon 4/28. The Ironwood Restaurant will close at noon on Sun 4/27. The Ironwood Gift Shop, Baldwin Gallery, and the Desert Garden will be closed all day Sun 4/27.

Lower Colorado Valley floors are usually monotonous, but nearly every canyon and bajada is different. This rocky canyon in the Eagle Mountains near Hayfield Dry Lake has a nearly impenetrable forest of teddy bear cholla and barrel cactus. Adjacent canyons had few of either species. We can't explain these small-scale plant distributions.

     You don't have to travel long distances to find such spectacular sights; this spot is less than 5 miles from Interstate 10.


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