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South Rim Tour - a mixed forest and shrubland

By Geology and Ecology of National Parks
This is a photo of a mixed forest and shrubland consisting mostly of ponderosa pine, Utah juniper, pinyon pine, & gamble oak.
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The South Rim is dominated by a mixed forest and shrubland consisting mostly of ponderosa pine, Utah juniper, pinyon pine, and gamble oak. A patch of yucca is in the foreground of this view near the Tusayan Ruin in Grand Canyon National Park.

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