Palm Canyon

Palm Canyon is located about 20 miles South of Quartzsite Arizona. Perhaps the only native palm trees within Arizona are tucked away in this narrow, rugged canyons on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Since Palm Trees do not produce annual growth rings like shade trees, it's very diffcult to say how old the trees might be. In Palm Canyon, the palm trees are able to survive in the narrow side canyons where direct sunshine is limited but some moisture is available. The survival of these trees is directly dependent on the mircoclimate in this protected canyon. The walls of the canyon a formed from rhyolite, a volcanic rock.