Pinnacle Peak Park (PPP), located in the northern portion of Scottsdale, Arizona, is a 61-hectare (ha), municipal park established by the City of Scottsdale as part of its recreational and educational programs. All of the plants in 31, 10-m × 10-m quadrats (0.5% of the total park area) were identified, tallied, and measured for their coverage to establish the Importance Value for the 33 taxa constituting the dominant, perennial flora of PPP. An exhaustive inventory of the vascular flora revealed the presence of 143 taxa of vascular plants representing 47 families. Analyses of the basic geology and chemical composition of the soil were conducted. A description of the park and its flora, as well as background information on the creation and patterns of use for PPP, is also provided.
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1 April 2007
The Vascular Flora of Pinnacle Peak Park, Scottsdale, Arizona
Gerald A. Rosenthal,
Gretchen Mills,
David W. Mills,
Tracy Weaver,
Diane McCoy-Berney
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