Southeastern Arizona Mountain Ranges and Natural Habitats

Desert Botanical Garden.

Contains a link for state wide desert wildflower alerts. Coronado National Forest homepage

• Current radar: Tucson -/- SW US
• SW US precipitation
  1. last 24 hrs
  2. WeeklyPrecipitation
• Current stream flow information (USGS) Arizona : Entire state ---/--- Santa Cruz river basin

Associated Websites:

1. Butterflies of SE Arizona

2. Moths of SE Arizona

Detailed map of South East Arizona mountain ranges

Tucson is at elevation 2,500 feet.

• Mountains in red have a maximum elevation of between 8,000 to 9,500 feet, with extensive pine forests on the summit, followed by a Juniper and Oak belts at lower elevations
• Mountains in Green have a maximum elevation of 7,000 feet, and are largely Oak-dominanted.
• The Pinaleno Mts (Blue) have a maximum elevation of 10,700 feet, with a spruce forest on top, followed by Pine, Juniper, and Oak belts.

  Chirichahuas-//- Santa Catalinas-//- Santa Ritas -//- Huachucas -//- Pinalenos (Mt. Graham) -//- Rincons -//- Whetstones -//- Galiuros

  Some classic locations:

  • Box Canyon
    • Santa Ritas
    • elevation 3000-4000 feet
    • Oak woodland, Ocatillo, Mesquite
  • Garden Canyon
    • Huachucas (East side)
    • elevation 5000-7000 feet
    • Oak woodland up through pines
  • Copper Canyon
    • Huachucas (Southwest side)
    • elevation 6000 feet
    • Oak woodland
  • Cave Creek
    • Chirichahuas
    • elevation 5000 feet
    • Oak woodland, Pine, Riparian stream
  • Onion Saddle
    • Chirichahuas
    • elevation 7700 feet
    • Pines
  • Brown Canyon
    • Baboquivaris
    • elevation 3000-5000 feet
    • Grasslands, Oaks
  • Pena Blanca
    • Atascosa Highlands
    • elevation 4000 feet
    • Oak woodland, Ocatillo, Mesquite
  • Sycamore Canyon
    • Atascosa Highlands
    • elevation 3000 -5000 feet
    • Oak woodland down to Saguaro, lowland Riparian stream
  • Sabino Canyon
    • Santa Catalinas
    • elevation 3000 - 4000 feet
    • low-land Saguaro, Riparian stream
    • January (winter dry-season) views: View 1 --/-- View 2 --/-- View 3
  • Molino Basin
    • Santa Catalinas
    • elevation 5000 feet
    • Mexican Blue-oak woodland
    • View 1 --/-- View 2
  • Madera Canyon
    • Santa Ritas
    • elevation 4000 - 6000 feet
    • Oak woodland, junipter, Pine

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  Bruce Walsh. jbwalsh@u.arizona.edu . Comments welcome. To get to my home page .