NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants. Photo shows Lomatium foeniculaceum var. macdougalii (MacDougal's Biscuitroot). Click here to return to home page.

Ephedra viridis

Mountain Joint-fir; Mormon Tea

A member of the Ephedraceae, the Joint-fir Family

The green stems of Ephedra viridis at Grand Canyon National Park.

Habit of green leafless stems.
Below Boucher Trail, at point below and north of Yuma Point,
Grand Canyon National Park.

25 June 2002.

 

Ephedra

Habitat, Ephedra at middle right foreground,
Cercocarpus ledifolius left foreground, Shiva Temple is the mesa in background.
Same location as preceding image.

25 June 2002.

 

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

 

This page last updated 4 July 2008.

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