Near the top of Black Mountain, Yellow Paint Lichen (Pleopsidium oxytonum) thrives on the exposed .  In the background is the actual summit, on the western half of the mountain, where the bedrock is .  From there, you can see all over north Phoenix and Scottsdale.
 
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