Bryce Canyon National Park, Tropic, UT, United States

Beatrice R. VisqueHf22

BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK

• Bryce Canyon is considered to be a desert

biome

• It is located in the southern Utah

• The weather in Bryce Canyon is cooler and

receives a total of 38 to 46 cm of precipitation

per year

• Temperatures vary from an average of -13 °C to

28 °C yearly.

Map of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah

The Yearly Weather Forecast at Bryce Canyon

The Animals of Bryce Canyon

•Scientific Name: Falco peregrinus

•Size: Length (41-51 cm) Wingspan (91-112 cm)

•Habitat: Mountains, forests, tundra, coastlines and cities

•Diet: Ducks, doves, pigeons and song brids

•Predators: Great Horned Owls

Peregrine Falcon

• Scientific Name: Cynomys parvidens

• Size: Length (30.5-36 cm)

• Habitat: short grass prairie and mountain meadows

• Diet: grass and forbes

• Predators: badgers, coyotes, hawks and eagles, foxes and rattlesnakes

Utah Prairie Dog

• Scientific Name: Phrynosoma douglassi

• Size: Length (6.3-14.9 cm)

• Habitat: from rocky or sandy plains to forested areas

• Diet: Insects (primarily ants)

• Predators: coyotes, foxes, hawks, ravens, large snakes and lizards

Short-horned Lizard

The Plants of Bryce Canyon

• Scientific Name: Juniperus scopulorum

Size: 6-15 m tall, trunk 0.2-0.4 m in diameter

Habitat: Dry and rocky soils with lots of sunlight

Flowering Season: N/A not a flowering plant

Range: All of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, and Great Basin.

Rocky Mountain Juniper

• Scientific Name: Picea pungens

Size: (height & diameter) (21-30 m) tall, trunks (0.5-0.9 m) in diameter

Habitat: Along mountain streams

Flowering Season: N/A, not a flowering plant

Range: Central Rocky Mountains

Blue Spruce

• Scientific Name: Castilleja linariifolia

•Size : Height (45-91 cm)

•Habitat: Shrublands and grass meadows

•Flowering Season (for Bryce region): May - October

•Range: Wyoming and down into the Colorado Plateau

Wyoming Paintbrush

Explain the significance or importance of the selected biome/ecosystems in your course. Why is this biome important to

you? Be exhaustive in giving an answer.

• When people mention deserts, two things come to their minds: hot and dry. As a future chef, it is my duty to whip up dishes that can give my costumers a cooling satisfaction and at the same time enjoy the food they eat! This is my chance to invent different kinds of dishes that will help them feel cool and fight off the heat.

REFERENCES

• http://www.nps.gov/brca/index.htm• http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/

brca/index.cfm• http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/

desert.htm