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One of the great pluses: the canyon was alive with flowers. Early rains made 2002 one of the best for desert wildflowers in decades.
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A wildflower in the Mallow family by the trail to the Bass miners' camp on Shinumo Creek. A mesquite, not yet flowering, in the middle ground. |
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Brittlebush lines the hills. |
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Everywhere you turn in the canyon, a
new set of splendors. |
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A tree covered with little yellow flowers
along Shinumo Creek. |
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Flowering yucca. |
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New leaves appearing on an old mesquite,
Nankoweap. |
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