Red Butte Canyon Flora, Vegetation, and Ecology

Red Butte Canyon spans from 1530m (5020 ft) to 2510m (8235 ft). Within this modest rise of 980 m (3215 ft), there are four distinct plant communities:

Riparian Community

     Plants
     Beavers
     Hydrology
     Ecology

Grass-forb Community

     Grassland Species Composition
     Carbon Isotope Discrimination
     Distribution of Grassland Communities

Oak-Maple Communities

     Plant Species
     Distribution of Oak-Maple Communities

Coniferous Communities

     Plant Species
     Distribution of Coniferous Communities

Distribution of Coniferous Communities

Introduced Plants

Plant Ecology

Pinon-juniper and ponderosa communities, which often occur in this elevational range in Utah (Daubenmire, 1943), are not present in Red Butte Canyon.