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Not our first rodeo at Barnhardt, but another glorious hike along one of the most famous hiking trails in all of Arizona. This spectacular trail takes you roughly 5 miles and 2000' elevation gain to the very top of the Mazatzal Wilderness, where it meets other trails in a remote and rustic area in which you could lose yourself for weeks, possibly months. Most of the trail is atop some fairly tall canyon walls that follow a major runoff area. Along the trail A. chrysantha, A. toumeyana, Echinocereus santaritensis, and Dudleya saxosa are found in enormous numbers.
Erysimum capitatum
Barnhardt 014.JPG (288.66 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
Dudleya saxosa
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Barnhardt 025.JPG (201.13 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
7' A. chrysantha / Echinocereus santaritensis
Barnhardt 027.JPG (213.82 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
A. toumeyana
Barnhardt 042.JPG (191.61 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
Waterfall
Barnhardt 053.JPG (235.4 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
More waterfall
Barnhardt 066.JPG (268.45 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
A. toumeyana
Barnhardt 080.JPG (146.48 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
A. chrysantha
Barnhardt 088.JPG (135.17 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
D. saxosa
Barnhardt 090.JPG (139.37 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
E. santaritensis / D. saxosa
Barnhardt 093.JPG (223.3 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
Tiny seedlings
Barnhardt 115.JPG (160.97 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
A. chrysantha / A. toumeyana / E. santaritensis
Barnhardt 116.JPG (159.76 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
A. toumeyana / D. saxosa / E. santaritensis
Barnhardt 121.JPG (215.8 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
A. chrysantha / A. toumeyana / E. santaritensis
Barnhardt 123.JPG (186.56 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
A. toumeyana / D. saxosa / E. santaritensis
Barnhardt 125.JPG (201.26 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
D. saxosa
Barnhardt 126.JPG (131.38 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
A. chrysantha / A. toumeyana / E. santaritensis
Barnhardt 133.JPG (187.81 KiB) Viewed 1917 times
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
One of my favorite trails! I've been trying to id the plant in your photo "Barnhardt 213.JPG" from a hike I took on the trail almost 2 years ago, but I had no flowers to go with it. Now seeing the flowers, I've come to the conclusion that it is Western Waterleaf, Hydrophyllum occidentale. Thanks!
I don't think it was flowering on our way up, but we saw a few later, on our way down. What an eye-catcher!
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
