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Flora
     

Calliopsis

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Yellow

 

Common Cattail

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Brown

Canada Milkvetch

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Cream

 

Common Dandelion

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Yellow

Canada Violet

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower:
White

 

Common Monkeyflower

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Yellow

Cane Cholla

Plant Type: Cactus
Flower:
White, Yellow, Red or Purple

 

Common Mullein

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower:
Yellow

Canyon Grape

Plant Type: Vine
Flower: Blue

 

Common Sowthistle

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower:
Yellow

Canyon Ragweed

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Yellowish-Green

 

Coral Bells

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Red

Cardinal Flower

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower:
Red

 

Coulter's Jewelflower

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower:
Yellow

Catclaw Acacia

Plant Type: Shrub
Flower: Yellow

 

Cow Parsnip

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: White

Chain Fruit Cholla

Plant Type: Cactus
Flower: Pink

 

Creamcups

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: White

Chia

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower:
Blue

 

Creeping Barberry

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Yellow

Claret Cup Cactus

Plant Type: Cactus
Flower: Red

 

Creosote Bush

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower:
Yellow

Cliff Fendlerbush

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: White

 

Crescent Milkvetch

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Lavender

Cliff Rose

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Cream

 

Crimson Monkey Flower

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Red

Colorado Four O'clock

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Pink

 

 

Crinkle Mat

Plant Type: Angiosperm
Flower: Pink

         
Fauna
     

Cactus Mouse

Animal Type: Mammal

 

Chipmunk

Animal Type: Mammal
 

 

Cactus Wren

Animal Type: Bird

 

Chuckwalla

Animal Type: Reptile

 

 

California Condor

Animal Type: Bird

 

Cloudless Sulfur Butterfly

Animal Type: Butterfly

 

 

California Leaf-Nosed Bat

Animal Type: Mammal

 

Coatimundi

Animal Type: Mammal

Canyon Treefrog

Animal Type: Amphibian

 

Colorado Pike Minnow

Animal Type: Fish

Cattle

Animal Type: Mammal

 

Common Buckeye Butterfly

Animal Type: Butterfly

Caracara

Animal Type: Bird

 

Conenose Bug

Animal Type: Arthropod

Checkered Garter Snake

Animal Type: Reptile

 

Coyote

Animal Type: Mammal

Checkerspot Butterfly

Animal Type: Butterfly

 

Crayfish

Animal Type: Crustacean

         
Other Desert Features
     

Cryptobiotic Soil

Feature Type: Soil