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Nature Notes Anatomy of a Hanging Garden Zion National Park News National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Nature Notes Anatomy of a Hanging Garden Did you know that hanging gardens come in many forms and structures? That some are simple, while others complex? Have you ever heard of drip lines or window blinds or col- luvial fans? I hadn’t. Until I took Walt Fer- tig’s Zion Canyon Field Institute class on hanging gardens. As the seven of us piled out of the shuttle bus at Zion Lodge, Walt—a consulting botanist for Zion National Park since 2006—pointed out some large horizontal cracks in the cliffs across the road framed by cottonwoods; plants cascaded from the cracks, which were surrounded by white stains—the salts left behind as water evaporates. “That’s the sim- plest form of hanging garden,” Walt ex- plained. “It’s called a ‘spring-line’ or ‘drip- line,’ and a group of plants called ‘clingers’ Mixed-color columbines at Weeping Rock may be Foster’s columbine ( Aquilegia fosteri )—found only in are the first to get established on them.” Zion Canyon—or a hybrid of Foster’s and the golden columbine. Photo by Amy Gaiennie Walt, who is currently updating and expand- this wet and shaded environment. Golden bris—the colluvial fan—develops at the ing what is known about Zion’s plants for columbines ( Aquilegia chrysantha ) at the base of the wall as rocks fall down from the benefit of biologists, interpreters, and the base of the wall spread in lacey, delicate bou- above the eroding cliff, offering a new sur- general public, went on to explain how hang- quets. Their bright petals, lengthened back- face on which plants may grow. The most ing gardens are formed at the contact be- ward into spurs and knobbed at the ends, complex hanging gardens have drip lines, tween the Navajo Sandstone cliffs and the resemble jesters’ caps. The flowers called overhanging roofs, debris fans, and even underlying Kayenta formation. While the shooting stars ( Dodecatheon pulchellum var. structures called plunge pools and window Navajo acts like a sponge to water with its zionense ) had already gone to seed. When blinds. large pores between sand grains, the Kay- they bloom in the spring, their pinkish- enta’s clay and shale composition makes it purple petals are bent backwards, giving the far less permeable. The effect—as water impression of motion, like the trail of a mete- strikes the Kayenta and is forced out side- oroid. Finally, Walt pointed out a helle- The simplest form of hang- ways—is like “water hitting a downspout on borine still blooming amid a tangle of leaves. ing garden is called a “spring the roof of your house,” explained Walt. It is one of only a few orchid species in Zion - or drip-line.” and has one of the largest flowers. We saw this principle in action as we arrived at our first destination, the Lower Emerald The hanging garden at Emerald Pools is an Pool. The wall above the pool seeped water, example of a complex hanging garden. As As we climbed the stairs to our next desti- and water tumbled over an overhang from water seeps across the face of a cliff, the cliff nation—Weeping Rock—Walt pointed out the Middle Pools above. Here, Walt pointed erodes inward. This causes an overhang or the “window blind” on the cliff to our right. out several plants that are well-adapted to roof to form—creating shade—and gives a Here, the entire cliff face oozed water, and concave shape to the structure. A fan of de- - continued on page three Zion National Park Nature Notes 2009- Vol. 9 No.2 What’s Roaming in Zion? In Search of the Zion Narrows’ Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are a common sight around Zion Lodge, often seen ambling among the visitors who are eating Net-winged Midge their lunches and ice cream cones in the shade of the cottonwood tree. The turkeys Many of us have heard of the Zion sweetpea Females are predators on smaller, soft- roost in the cottonwoods in the evening and the Zion snail, but who would have bodied flying insects. Males, if they eat at along the Virgin River. If you pause and listen thought there would be an endemic fly in all, are thought to consume nectar. Life for closely, you may hear their gobbling. Zion National Park? This unique creature adults probably only lasts a week or two. has only been found in The Narrows of the Following mating and laying eggs for the Tarantula Hawks (Pepsis sp.) cruise four to Virgin River and has been observed and next generation in water, the adults add ten feet in the air, seeking tarantula burrows. If the female wasp locates a burrow, she will collected only three times in the past cen- their bodies to the riparian and floating attempt to lure the spider from its hole by tury. Known as the Zion net-winged midge plant and animal material. touching its silken door. If she successfully (Blepharicera zionensis Alexander), it is a defeats the tarantula in the battle that en- member of the family Blephariceridae, one sues, the spider will become the food for the of approximately 17, 000 species of flies next generation of tarantula hawks. known from North America. Only a handful Why would anybody care of entomologists can recognize a net-winged about an obscure fly that oc- White-lined Sphinx Moths (Hyles lineata) midge at a glance. One of these is Amanda are out pollinating. These hummingbirds of curs only in Zion National Jacobson, a Ph.D. student at the University the night whisk pollen from one flower to Park? another, guided by the reflective white petals of Tennessee in Knoxville. Her research of the sacred datura, also known as moon lily. includes a detailed study of the genetics and morphology of this genus of flies, and she needs specimens for DNA analysis. One of the most remarkable characteristics Please don’t feed wildlife or approach too of this genus is the complex eye structures closely. Although they look tame because Unfortunately, her resources do not include of the adults. These are clearly divided into they are habituated to people, they will de- a budget for a collecting trip to Zion. Fortu- two sets of eyes, one brown, large, and on fend themselves and their young if they feel nately, there is a tiny network of people who top of the head, the other smaller, blackish, threatened. care about rare flies, and one of them is a and on the underside of the head. Between volunteer at Zion National Park (me). So I them is a sort of eyelash structure that may went to The Narrows in search of flies and give them the name ( Blepharo= Greek for What’s Blooming in Zion? found hundreds resting on House Rock and “eyelash”). Each set is a compound eye, in overhanging scour holes on the cliffs. comprised of hundreds of faceted simple Bridges Evening-primrose (Oenothera eyes. The exact function of these two sets longissima-Evening-primrose Family) is still Now why would anybody care about an of eyes is not known. They almost certainly open well into the morning in the shaded obscure fly that occurs only in a National function like bifocals, with the ability to see oases along the Watchman Trail. Look for tall Park? Partly because it is a potential indica- different things. My observations are that stalks and bright yellow flowers blooming tor of water quality, and partly because it is a - continued on next page among the other wetland plants. very interesting creature for its own sake. The life of the net-winged midge is hasty and Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii -Potato Fam- brief, and amazingly well adapted for life in ily) is blooming along the Pa’rus and Watch- man Trails. Watch for their trumpet-like white mountain streams or waterfalls. Eggs lie flowers with a hint of purple. dormant, stuck to submerged rocks until spring snowmelt, and then hatch at about Blueleaf Aster (Aster glaucodes-Composite the same time. Larvae are streamlined and Family) gets its name from its pale bluish- have hydraulic suction cups to enable them green leaves. It forms masses of pale foliage to cling to rocks in swift currents. They along roadsides and on trails throughout Zion scrape the rocks for algae and diatoms that Canyon. only thrive in clean water. Pupae cling to stones on the downstream sides of sub- Remember, it is against park policy to pick flowers. Please heed signs that say, “Stick to merged rocks, where they can get plenty of the Trail,” and give plants a chance. oxygen and grow quickly into adults. The adults explode to the surface by riding air bubbles and are able to unfold their wings and fly immediately on exposure to air. They congregate on the undersides of rocks overhanging swift streams or the undersides of riparian leaves. Adult net-winged midge. Photo by Ken Kingsley 2 Nature Notes 2009- Vol. 9 No.2 mizers, containing 2% salicylic acid and Hikers Beware! skin soothers, have also been known to be effective. A doctor may need to see severe Itch, itch, scratch, scratch. The symptoms allergic reactions and can prescribe steroids are diagnostic; you have wandered too close to combat the toughest cases, which have to western poison ivy, or Toxicodendron weeping blisters. rydbergii . As both the Latin and common names imply, this is not a plant you want to Native people did not have access to cures rub shins with while hiking Zion’s trails.
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