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The Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi), it is the hottest desert in Mexico. The western portion of the Mexico–United States border passes through the Sonoran ...
Arizona—Sonora Desert Museum: Flora of the Sonoran Desert Region; U.S. Wildflowers Reference List: Arizona — Reference List of websites for Arizona Wildflower Identification. Pima Community College. Common Wildflowers of Tucson. Floras - Arizona Native Plant Society
A partial list of the butterflies and moths that can be found within the borders of the State of Arizona is: Achalarus toxeus (strays from south), coyote cloudywing, coyote skipper; Agathymus aryxna, Arizona giant skipper; Agraulis vanillae Gulf fritillary; Asterocampa leilia, emperess Leilia (brushfoot) Atlides halesus, giant purple hairstreak
The ecotone between the hotter, drier Colorado Desert and that of the relatively cooler and wetter Arizona Upland occurs from Parker, Arizona southeast to near Phoenix, then south to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. [2]: 6 Density of vegetation gradually diminishes moving from the Arizona Upland into the Colorado Desert proper.
Flora of the Sonoran Deserts—of southwestern North America, in regions of southern Arizona, southeastern California, and northwestern Mexico. Including the Sonoran Desert and its subregions of the: Colorado Desert , Lechuguilla Desert , Gran Desierto de Altar , Tule Desert , Yuha Desert , and Yuma Desert .
These perennials with a funny name have tall spikes of bright orange flowers in the summer. Red hot pokers have tubular-shaped flowers that hummingbirds love! Photos by R A Kearton - Getty Images
The gardens include the Cactus and Succulent Garden, Barrio Garden, Children's Garden, Herb Garden and many more showing the diversity of plants that can thrive in the Sonoran Desert. There are tropical butterflies from around the world that are featured in the Cox Butterfly and Orchid Pavilion from October–May.
Philotes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Philotes is a monotypic genus containing only Philotes sonorensis, the Sonoran blue or stonecrop blue, found in North America in California and Baja California. [2] The habitat consists of rocky washes, outcrops and cliffs in deserts. [3] The wingspan is 22–25 mm. [2]