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Canyon country's largest flower, which opens in the evening, and a poisonous plant.
Sacred datura has large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers, 6 to 9 inches long, that open in the evening and are pollinated by moths. The National Park Service says it produces the largest flower in canyon country.
It is a poisonous, narcotic plant that can kill if eaten. At Arches it grows in desert shrub and pinyon-juniper communities and blooms from May through October.
Look, don't touch or taste.
A drought-tolerant evergreen with scale-covered twigs, fibrous bark, and berry-like cones that feed wildlife.
A broad-crowned river tree whose new generations depend on the right combination of flowing water, exposed sediment, and moisture.
A flexible-stemmed native shrub whose late-season yellow flowers extend feeding opportunities for pollinators.