Took the trail up to the arch. Along the short trail from the southeast corner of the corral that goes up to the arch there were:
* <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza/2325567080" target="_blank">Oaks toothwort <I>(Cardamine pulcherrina?)</I></a>
* <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza/2325567072" target="_blank">Western Buttercup <I>(Ranunculus occidentalis)</I></a>.
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Further up the trail just near one of the boulders below the arch were:
* <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza/2325472050" target="_blank">Smooth desert parsley <I>(Lomatium laevigatum)</I></a>
* <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza/2325472046" target="_blank">Smooth Prairie Star <I>(Lithophragma glabra)</I></a>
* <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza/2325472040" target="_blank">Miner's Lettuce <I>(Claytonia perfoliata)</I></a> about to bloom.
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In the area above the arch were:
* <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza/2323740415" target="_blank">Grass widows</A> (only saw purple ones)
* <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza/2323740417" target="_blank">Western Saxifrage <I>(Saxifraga occidentalis)</I> and
Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia parviflora)</I></a>
* <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza/2323740411" target="_blank">Gold Stars <I>(Crocidium multicaule)</I> and Smooth Prairie Star <I>(Lithophragma
glabra)</I></a>
* <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza/2323740409" target="_blank">Piper's Desert Parsley a/k/a Salt-and-pepper <I>(Lomatium piperi)</I> and Spring Whitlow-grass <I.(Draba verna)</I></a>.
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