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Riparian zone mixed-deciduous forest. Riparian canyons in central AZ can average up to 40 inches of annual precipitation and up to 90 inches of winter snowfall at only 5,800 ft elevation (the plateau is at 6,400-9,500 ft). They are primarily windward to the Pacific ocean or on the north side of tall mountains further south. Some individual canyons can have upwards of 1,000 native vascular plant species in mere miles of linear hiking distance, they are also home to 4 of the 5 Arizona treefrog species.