>>2524976The most geographically and biodiverse areas of AZ are actually the sky islands in the south and the transition zone running through the middle of the state from the NM to NV borders straddling the Rim. Just one sky island in the south has 300+ bird species and 1300 native plant species. While the transition zone has the most wild edibles; including but not limited to AZ variety blackberries, raspberries, mountain strawberries, canyon grapes, sugar sumac, currant and gooseberries, dewberries, black walnut, 4-5 oak species, beans, amaranth, more than 1000 edible and medicinal flowers and herbs, juniper berries, pine nuts, manzanita, over 80 species of cacti (many of which are edible and many grow in the snowy continental climates in AZ as well) and so on... As a testament to how diverse the flora is in AZ, AZ also has the 2nd most native bee species of any US state, at least 1300 *native* species and counting.
tl:dr - It's full.
