Plants - Bryce Canyon National Park (U.S. National Park Service) Sunrise on the Fairyland Loop Trail looking at Fairyland Point. Photographed by Brian B. Roanhorse 29 October, 2014. Western Tiger Swallowtail visits an Iris in a meadow of Bryce Canyon Kelly CahillNPS. All NPS. There are many plant communities in Bryce Canyon National Park. Surrounded by deserts, Bryce's highland plateau gets much more rain than the lowlands below and stays cooler during hot summers. The relatively lush ecosystems that result are like fertile islands towering above a vast arid landscape.