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Science Benchmark
Utah has diverse plant and animal life that is adapted to and interacts in areas that can be described as wetlands, forests, and deserts. The characteristics of the wetlands, forests, and deserts influence which plants and animals survive best there. Living and nonliving things in these areas are classified based on physical features.

Desert Plants of Utah USU textbooklet
Plants & Animals of Utah
Utah Native Plants
A Rose Is a Rose WQ Make adaptations to a plant
Plants and animals in the local environment BBC
Plant & Animal Classify BBC

Utah Plants

DESERT
WETLANDS
FOREST
Joshua Tree
sagebrush:
oak brush
prickly pear cactus:
Cattail
bulrush:
Oak
Maple
Aspen
cottonwood
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Ponderosa Pine
Lodgepole Pine
Pinyon pine
Blue spruce
Douglas Fir
Utah juniper:
spruce:
fir:
Willow
Creeping Juniper
White Spruce:


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