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Life on the Sunny Side:
Here again, Walnut Canyon makes a turn. Notice the change in light and temperature. This is the sunnier, warmer, drier side of the "island," and the change is reflected in the vegetation.
Pinion pine and juniper replace the fir and grow farther apart to each captures enough moisture. At your feet and ahead along the trail are yucca, prickly pear cactus, and other desert plants.
The shady forest is now across the canyon, where Douglas fir and ponderosa pine thrive on cool moist slopes. |