Vegetation on the sandy bench is far more diverse than within the confines of the wash. Blackbrush and mormon tea dot the bench with their gray and green mounds. Silvery sophora displays vivid blue pealike blooms during spring, vying for your attention with the yellow blossoms of brittlebush and the delicate white flowers of evening primrose. Where the slickrock ends, a faint path leads you along the edge of the low cliff for several yards to a break, where you can scramble easily back into the wash. The stretch ahead is a delightful walk down the presently narrow gorge, with slickrock sweeping skyward on either side.
Vegetation is sparse in the canyon, restricted to the banks of the wash and the slopes just above.
Your sandy corridor through the canyon is fringed with the dark green foliage of seepwillow, and the gray mounds of rabbitbrush. Fremont barberry and singleleaf ash are common shrubs on the slopes above. At length, the canyon walls grow lower, and the wash broadens and becomes littered with boulders, with sandy benches flanking either side. Beyond that confluence, the wash is flanked by low domes, and abundant boulders require considerable rockhopping. Midway down to the next major side canyon you pass a deep alcove on the left wall, affording a refuge from sun or storm.