Ironwood Forest National Monument
and the Silverbell Mts. of southern Arizona
These photos of cholla, saguaros, prickly pear and wildflowers were taken within
Ironwood Forest National Monument, which includes parts of the Silverbell Mts. and
Samaniego Hills. The dark mountain (silhouhette) in the
background of some photos
is Ragged Top, one of the more prominent formations in the Silverbell Mts.



Cholla in the Samaniego Hills at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona, with Ragged Top in the Silverbell Mts. in the background.   A young saguaro and cholla skeleton surrounded by Mexican Goldpoppies at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.   A saguaro in the Samaniego Hills at Ironwood Forest National Monument. In the background is Ragged Top in the nearby Silverbell Mts., Arizona.   Cholla and Mexican Goldpoppies at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.   Prickly pear cactus beneath the Ragged Top formation in the Silverbell Mts. at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.

  Mexican goldpoppies, a single lupin and a barrel cactus at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.   Saguaro cactus beneath the Ragged Top formation in the Silverbell Mts. at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.   Cholla and Mexican Goldpoppies at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.   Mexican Goldpoppies around a Barrel cactus at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.