Rock daisy in Arches National Park (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Rock daisy in Arches National Park

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The alcove or hanging-garden rock daisy (Laphamia specuicola), seen here on steep sandstone cliffs in Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, was only recently identified and described as a new species. Hanging gardens, found throughout the Colorado plateau, form in vertical or overhanging walls of eroded sandstone and provide a lush niche for a diverse and specialized flora of cliff dwelling plants.

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Isaac Lichter-Marck

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