Explore the Rio Tinto Center's unique design, materials, green
features and public art on a guided architecture tour, included
with Museum admission.. Basin and Range PlantsPlant communities
change with elevation. With basins and ranges come plant
diversity. Salt-tolerant plants such as pickleweed, greasewood,
and shadscale grows in playas (low salty flats). Dry foothills
are home... Colorado Plateau Life ZonesPlant and animal
communities change as elevation increases. Different Elevation,
Different PlantsElevation, rainfall, soil and sun control what
plants grow where. The higher up you go in Utah's mountains, the
cooler and wetter it gets. As temperature and moisture chance,
so do the communities... 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Utah
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