Salome Creek Explained

Salome Creek is a watercourse in the Salome Wilderness in central Arizona, United States.

Natural history

The oldest exposed rock forms in the watershed are graphic granite, which dates to 1400 million years before present.[1] The watershed holds a diverse flora and fauna. Within this part of the Sierra Ancha range there are notable disjunctive populations of Coastal woodfern, Dryopteris arguta;[2] this fern is otherwise common in areas nearer the Pacific coast.

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Notes and References

  1. Ivo Lucchitta. 2001
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2008