Red Rock Canyon

Las Vegas, NV

April 30, 2008

   

	This is Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.  This outcropping clearly shows the red rock.
	It was the end of the rainy season and the wold flowers were just wrapping up.  Cactus Jack found a hill overflowing with desert globe mallow.
	This is a fern found in the desert.  It is called Cheilanthes (pronounced Kilanthees)or  Lip fern.
	This is Robert in the ball cap and his aunt Joanne Sharpe.  She is a super specialist on ferns.  Robert, Cactus Jack, and I had a fun time learning about the ferns of the desert on this trip.
	This is the fern Robert was taking a picture of.  It is called Pellea or Cliff-brake.

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