Botanical Extravaganza in Padre Canyon, Utah

Join me on a January hike up Padre Canyon - where the anna’s & costa’s hummingbirds spend the winter. I found a bunch of awesome Mojave Desert natives as I ascended higher up the trails & arroyos. This place is usually crawling with gila monsters, banded geckos, and desert tortoises for 10 months out of the year. Sadly, those species are in their burrows for the most part at this time. I will definitely be back in the spring to see this canyon in its full glory, and explore higher. Thanks for watching!
*I highly recommended switching the video quality to 1080P, it looks a lot better*
• Plants featured in this video: Yucca baccata var. vespertina (‘Mojave Blue’ Banana Yucca), Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca), Opuntia engelmanii (Engelmanns Prickly Pear), Opuntia x woodsii (Woods Prickly Pear), Opuntia erinacea (Mojave Prickly Pear), Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Golden Cholla), Echinocereus relictus (Relict Hedgehog Cactus), Larrea tridentata (Creosote Bush), Prosopis glandulosa (Honey Mesquite), Prosopis veluntina (Arizona Velvet Mesquite), Quercus turbinella (Sonoran Scrub Live Oak), Arctostaphylos pungens (Pointleaf Manzanita), Eriodictyon angustifolium (Narrowleaf Yerba Santa), Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow), & more!
Elevation: 2,800 feet to ~ 3,400 feet (853 m - 1,036 m)
USDA Hardiness Zone of Padre Canyon, Utah:
•2,800 - 3,300 feet (zone 9a)
• 3,400 feet + (zone 8b - 8a in cold pockets)