Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

Examples of different biomes in National Park Service units of the Sonoran Desert Network

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Widely spaced vegetation in desert landscape, mountain in background

Desert1

1704 x 2272
3.1 MB

Organ pipe cactus and teddy bear cholla, rugged mountains in background

Desert2

1536 x 2048
1.4 MB

Green desert scene with cholla, pricklypear, saguaros, and other vegetation, mountains in background

Desert3

1536 x 2048
1.7 MB

Creosote, saguaro, and blue sky

Desert4

2448 x 3264
4.8 MB

Mountainside with barrel cacti and flowering brittlebrush, lake in distance

Desert5

1704 x 2272
3.3 MB

Widely spaced cholla, pricklypear, and saguaro cacti, mountains in distance

Desert6

2736 x 3648
5.3 MB

Ocotillo (flowering), pricklypear, and barrelcactus

Desert7

2736 x 3648
7.1 MB

shrubs and trees on hillside

Thornscrub1

3216 x 4288
8.5 MB

Area of bare ground with shrubs and saguaro cactus

Thornscrub2

3216 x 4288
6.6 MB

Area of bare ground with shrubs and person standing

Thornscrub3

3216 x 4288
7.5 MB

Hillside with shrubs, grasses, and pricklypear

Thornscrub4

1920 x 2560
2.5 MB

Yellow grasses and yucca plants, mountains in distance

Semidesert1

1704 x 2272
3.0 MB

Hillside of semidesert grasses

Semidesert2

1536 x 2048
1.9 MB

Semidesert grasses, yucca plants, and small shrubs grow on hillside

Semidesert3

1536 x 2048
1.9 MB

Semidesert grasses, mountains in background

Semidesert4

530 x 800
0.5 MB

Grasses and shrubs on hillside

Semidesert5

3216 x 4288
7.7 MB

Grasses and yucca plants on mountainside

Semidesert6

1496 x 2256
3.0 MB

Evergreen trees and shrubs

Woodland1

1704 x 2272
4.2 MB

Thickly vegetated area of trees and shrubs, mountain rising in background

Woodland2

2304 x 3072
4.9 MB

Rugged mountainside with shrub vegetation, person with transect tape

Chaparral1

3216 x 4288
8.2 MB

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