final project
Plants:
Mormon Tea
Juniper
Greasewood
Yucca
Pricklypear
Cottonwood (riparian)
Wildlife:
Jack Rabbits
Rock Squirrels
Mule Deer
Pronghorn
Coyotes
Lizards
Native & Non-Native Fish
Disturbance:
Recreation
Grazing
Invasive Russian Thistle
Arches National Park
Green River, Moab, Utah
Canyonlands National Park
Plants:
Chollala
Octillo
Saguaro Cactus
Agave
Barrel Cactus
Wildlife:
Rattle Snake
Desert Tortoise
Gila Monster
Bob cats
Javalina
Mule Deer
Sonoran Desert Near Tucson
Saguaro National Park
Disturbance:
Urbanization
Recreation
Red Brome (Invasive)
Buffelgrass (Invasive)
Pawnee National Grasslands
Disturbance:
Recreation
Oil & Natural Gas Extraction
Former Grazing Land
Plants:
Big Bluestem
Crested Wheatgrass
Blue Grama
Sideoats Grama
Lots of other grasses
Scattered Ponderosa Pine & Juniper
Wildlife:
Pronghorn
Swift Fox
Coyote
Prairie Dogs
Mule Deer
LOTSof birds!
Disturbance:
Recreation
Former Grazing Land
Urbanization
Fire
Woody species
encroachment
Plants:
Crested Wheatgrass
Bluebunch Wheatgrass
Sagebrush
Rabbitbrush
Bottlebrush Squirrel Tail
Juniper
Wildlife:
Pronghorn
Sage Grouse
Mule Deer
Jack Rabbit
Wild Horse
Sagebrush Steppe