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The sand desert shrub (SDS) is a plant community, or vegetation type, found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region in areas of shifting sands or very sandy soils. [1]: 3 Dominant plant species include old man sage (Artemisia filifolia), yucca, Indian ricegrass (Stipa hymenoides), and wavy leaf oak (Quercus welshii).
Flora of the Colorado Plateau Region, and its Canyonlands subregions, in the Southwestern United States. Pages in category "Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
The main plant communities, or zones, are woodlands, mountain woodlands, and grassland and shrub. The woodland zone, or pinyon-juniper woodland, covers the largest area.. It consists of open woodlands of short trees, mostly pinyon pine (Pinus edulis throughout the ecoregion, and Pinus monophylla subsp. fallax in the southwestern portion of the ecoregion) and species of juniper (Juniperus spp
The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic and ... Most electrical generation comes from coal fired power plants. The rocks of the Colorado Plateau are a source of oil ...
This category includes the native flora of Colorado, in the Western United States. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Colorado" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, the geographic region is ...
The Mogollon Rim is a major floristic and faunal boundary, with species characteristic of the Rocky Mountains living on the top of the plateau, and species native to the Mexican Sierra Madre Occidental on the slopes below and in the Madrean Sky Islands (high, isolated mountain ranges) further south. [citation needed]
The Uncompahgre Plateau [1] in western Colorado is a distinctive large uplift part of the Colorado Plateau. Uncompahgre is a Ute word that describes the water: "Dirty Water" or "Rocks that make Water Red".
The plant life that grows on the Seitz soil consists of an Engelmann spruce/subalpine fir or Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir canopy with a sparse understory of grasses, forbs, and shrubs. See also [ edit ]