Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region

[1]: 3 The salt desert shrub is a plant community or vegetation type found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region.

[1] Dominant plant species include shadscale (Atriplex confertifolia), greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus), and Mormon tea (Ephedra viridis).

[1]: 3  Dominant plant species include old man sage (Artemisia filifolia), yucca, Indian ricegrass (Stipa hymenoides), and wavy leaf oak (Quercus welshii).

[4] Mixed desert shrub is a plant community, or vegetation type, found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.

[1]: 3  Characteristic dominant plant species include rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), fourwinged saltbrush (Atriplex canescens), blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima), and dwarf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus intricatus).

[1]: 3  It is characterized by dominance by shrubby Gambel's Oak (Quercus gambelii), Utah serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis), sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), and mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus).

[6] Ponderosa pine forests occurs on the Colorado Plateau[7] and in the Sierra Nevada[8] of the Western United States, as well as other parts of North America.

Ponderosa pine cone scale barbs point outward, so feel sharp and prickly to the palm of one's hands.