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Kofa Mountains, Arizona
The Kofa Mountains, along with the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, are in
the southwest corner of Arizona. In addition to having important animal
habitat, cool rock formations and awesome stands of Teddy Bear Cholla,
the Kofas are home to some very unique trees. Tucked away high in Palm
Canyon is a smattering of California Fan Palms, most of which occur in a
single grove. These fan palms (Washingtonia filifera) are the only native
palms in the entire state. Yes, there are more of these trees in California
but what you see in the last two photos on this page represent nearly
all of the indigenous palms in the Grand Canyon State (a smaller
number of additional palms exist in other parts of the Kofa Mts.).
Kofa Mountains, Arizona
The Kofa Mountains, along with the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, are in
the southwest corner of Arizona. In addition to having important animal
habitat, cool rock formations and awesome stands of Teddy Bear Cholla,
the Kofas are home to some very unique trees. Tucked away high in Palm
Canyon is a smattering of California Fan Palms, most of which occur in a
single grove. These fan palms (Washingtonia filifera) are the only native
palms in the entire state. Yes, there are more of these trees in California
but what you see in the last two photos on this page represent nearly
all of the indigenous palms in the Grand Canyon State (a smaller
number of additional palms exist in other parts of the Kofa Mts.).
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