The botanical survey of canyon country...

resumes after a series of snow squalls kept me indoors the last two days (click images to enlarge). For starters, here's spreading daisy (Erigeron divergens):

Fremont's mahonia (Mahonia fremontii) is greening nicely, smelling sweet, and busting out with yellow blossoms after a long winter:

Lastly, one of the most recognizable plants in the desert southwest is Mormon tea (Ephedra viridis), and here you can see a male plant with developing pollen cones: