As you leave the wash you'll enter a vegetated area, there you may identify the following cactus, shrubs and trees.
Desert Manzanita
Old Man Prickly Pear
A cactus, the needles are white just like an old
man's beard.
Pinyon Pine
A tree, the needles are one inch long and single. The seeds inside the pine cones tast great when roasted. The Paiute Indians cooked them in roasting pits.
Utah Juniper
A tree, has scale-like, light green foliage. The bark is gray in color and looks like it is peeling. The cones are round, small, and have a waxy covering. If you look closely up in the tree, you will see a yellow-green parasite called dwarf mistletoe.
