Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona
including parts of the Silverbell Mts. and Samaniego Hills
These photos of cacti 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 the last four photos
is Ragged Top, one of the more prominent formations in the Silverbells.



A young saguaro and cholla skeleton surrounded by Mexican Goldpoppies at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.   Cholla and Mexican Goldpoppies at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.   Cholla and Mexican Goldpoppies at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.   Mexican goldpoppies, a single lupin and a barrel cactus at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.   Mexican Goldpoppies around a Barrel cactus at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.

  Cholla in the Samaniego Hills at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona, with Ragged Top in the Silverbell Mts. in the background.   Prickly pear cactus beneath the Ragged Top formation in the Silverbell Mts. 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.   Saguaro cactus beneath the Ragged Top formation in the Silverbell Mts. at Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona.