Dagger Flat Auto Trail
Desert Plants found along the 5 mile Dagger Flat Auto Trail in Big Bend.

   

00-Dagger Flat Auto Trail
01-Dagger Mountain in Chihuahuan Desert
02-Lechuguilla - indicator plant for the Chihuahuan Desert
03-Creosotebush
04-Ocotillo - with rain it produces leaves and grows
05-Stawberry Pitaya cactus
05b-Strawberry Pitaya
06-Texas Persimmon - grows in washes
07-Torrey Yucca - stores moisture in roots until needed
07-bTorrey Yucca
08-Sotol - mid-elevation (400 ft) plant
09-Igneous Hills - eroded volcanic rock
10-Soaptree Yucca - tallest yucca in Big Bend
11-Prickly Pear - 8 species and 11 varities in Big Bend
11b-Prickly Pear - multi color
11c-Prickly Pear - normally seen green.
12- Deadhorse Mtns
13-Littleleaf Leadtree - produces yellow flower balls after good rain
14-Candelilla - a Euphorbia plant
15-Red-Berry Juniper - evergreen tree
16-Giant Dagger Yucca -rare except in Deadhorse Mtns
17-Thompson Yucca
18-Honey Mesquite
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