Arches Dry weather truly changes it landscape. The most common plant throughout Arches is the Juniper Tree. All plants in arid climate have extreme adaptations that let them survive. The Juniper is a desert expert; the trees send there roots out wide rather than deep to collect the most water when is does rain. when these trees are only 6ft tall they can be 100's of years old. The rest of the ground in Arches is simply covered in small low lying shrubs.
Arches lies in the center of the Rocky Mountains this Causes a rain shadow all over the Great Basin. The water in the clouds is deposited on the mountains before reaching The Great Basin creating its arid landscape.