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Occurrence. — KINGS CANYON : Kings Canyon above Cedar Grove. SEQUOIA, about 

 7,500 feel: Rattlesnake Creek trail; west wall of Kern Canyon. ZION, 4,500 to 6,000 

 feet: upper Emerald Pool; Checkerboard Mesa. GRAND CANYON, 4,000 to 7,800 feet. 

 North Rim, rare: Cape Royal. South Rim, common: Lipan Point; trail to Powell 

 Memorial; Yavapai Point. Canyon, common on rocky points: Cathedral Stairs; Hermit 

 trail; Bright Angel trail; Kaibab trail on switchbacks below Tip-off; Roaring Springs 

 canyon above DeviTs Backyard. 



Blackbrush (Coleogyne ra- 

 mosissima Torr.), fig. 77. — 

 Rather low bushy shrub 1 to 5 

 feet high with spine-tipped branch- 

 lets; leaves small, leathery, nar- 

 rowly club-shaped to linear, borne 

 opposite and tending to be 

 bunched along the stems; flowers 

 about 1/2 inch across, without 

 petals, the calyx yellow on the 

 inside and divided into 4 spread- 



Fig. 77. Blackbrush (CoZeogljnc 

 ramosiisiina) . 



Fig. 78. Stansbury cliffrose {Coioania 

 Slanshuriana) . 



ing petal-like lobes; fruit a seed-like achene 

 enclosed by a sheath-like tube. 



This is a characteristic species on the 

 desert slopes and mesas in certain parks of 

 the Southwest. It is common on the Tonto 

 in the Grand Canyon where it often forms 

 dense spiny thickets. Although the leaves 

 are small, the bushes furnish fair forage 

 for deer, especially during the winter. 



Occurrence. — BRYCE CANYON. ziON, 3,700 to 

 5,500 feet: Petrified Forest; Coalpits Wash; 

 along the Zion-Mount Carmel highway. GRAND 

 CANYON, abundant in the canyon, 3,000 to 5,500 

 feet: Tonto Platform, '2 ffi's south of Plateau 

 Point; Hermit trail; Bright Angel trail near In- 

 dian Gardens; Kaibab trail on the Tcnto. 



Stansbury Cliffrose {Cowanla 

 Stansburiana Torr.), fig. 78. — Much- 



