Heart of Lodore, Green River. Dinosaur National Monument. Moffat
County, Colorado. June 1871.
USGS Earth Science Photographic Archive digital file: hjk00501
Today tamarisk (salt cedar) grows in abundance along the Colorado and Green
Rivers. Tamarisk probably arrived in the southern Colorado River basin in
the early 20th century and has since spread upstream to nearly all of the
tributaries in Utah, crowding out many of the native species. |