Eastern Mojave Vegetation
By Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | Images -- Geography - Mono Lake Basin, California |
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By Tom Schweich |
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| Adobe Hills
|  Looking north, north of the Adobe Hills.
Looking north, north of the Adobe Hills. | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06.
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|  Look ahead on Dobie Meadows Road
Look ahead on Dobie Meadows Road | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06.
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| Adobe Hills Spillway
|  View to south of the spillway.
View to south of the spillway. | Photograph taken July 7, 2009. This photograph was taken from the little promontory just north of the spillway. I had lunch here, and it could be a place to camp. The uppermost lake sediments can be seen in the approximate center of the photograph.
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|  Looking north across the spillway.
Looking north across the spillway. | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06. The car is parked at the highest point. Water from Lake Russell (Mono Lake) would flow over the spillway toward the viewer.
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|  Adobe Hills Spillway from a distance.
Adobe Hills Spillway from a distance. | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06. Water from Lake Russell (Mono Lake) would flow over the spillway toward to viewer.
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|  View north from Adobe Hills Spillway
View north from Adobe Hills Spillway | Photograph taken July 7, 2009. The uppermost sediments of Pleistocene Lake Russell (ancestral Mono Lake) were quarried here to aid in construction of Dobie Meadows Road.
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|  Location of Adobe Hills Spillway
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|  Snail shells in sediments
Snail shells in sediments | Photograph taken July 7, 2009.
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|  Collecting Location near the Adobe Hills Spillway.
Collecting Location near the Adobe Hills Spillway. | Photograph taken July 7, 2009.
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| Aeolian Buttes
|  Aeolian Buttes
Aeolian Buttes | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06. Mono Craters in the background. This is photograph number 2000 on this web site.
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|  Rock outcrop on edge of Aeolian Buttes
Rock outcrop on edge of Aeolian Buttes | Photograph taken 15 June 2011.
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|  Rock outcrop on edge of Aeolian Buttes
Rock outcrop on edge of Aeolian Buttes | Photograph taken 15 June 2011.
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|  Looking northwest over the Aeolian Buttes to Mt. Gibb
Looking northwest over the Aeolian Buttes to Mt. Gibb | Photograph taken 15 June 2011.
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| Alameda Well
|  Alameda Well and buildings, from outside the fence.
Alameda Well and buildings, from outside the fence. | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06.
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| Alger Creek
|  Alger Creek as seen from Silver Lake Campground
Alger Creek as seen from Silver Lake Campground | Photographed 3 October 2013.
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| Alkali Valley
|  Looking north toward the playa in Alkali Valley.
Looking north toward the playa in Alkali Valley. | Photograph taken 29 June 2010. The old road can be seen at extreme right.
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|  Three little ducks, probably shovelers, in a spring beside Alkali Lake.
Three little ducks, probably shovelers, in a spring beside Alkali Lake. | Photograph taken 28 June 2010.
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|  The descent into Alkali Valley
The descent into Alkali Valley | Photograph taken 29 June 2010. This grade can be a little rough, and is worth taking some extra time.
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| Andy Thompson Creek
|  Delta of Andy Thompson Creek.
Delta of Andy Thompson Creek. | Photographed 19 Jun 2013. The plateau barely highlighted in the right middleground looks to me like a former delta of Andy Thompson Creek built during a higher stand of Mono Lake.
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| Big Sand Flat
|  View southwest from the "Sand" marker.
View southwest from the "Sand" marker. | Photograph taken 21 June 2010. Big Sand Flat can be seen at left. Forest Road 1S19A can be seen left of center. The vegetation change is the result of a fire.
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|  Collection location on the edge of Big Sand Flat
Collection location on the edge of Big Sand Flat | Photograph taken 25-Jun-07.
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|  Odd structure near Big Sand Flat
Odd structure near Big Sand Flat | Photograph taken 25-Jun-07. This looks like some kind of water collection device, such as a Guzzler. However, the water collection pan looks small relative to the storage pit.
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|  Lunch-time view near Big Sand Flat
Lunch-time view near Big Sand Flat | Photograph taken 25-Jun-07. I think the highest peak in the distance is Parker Peak.
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|  Big Sand Flat, from the southwest.
Big Sand Flat, from the southwest. | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06. The road at right is Pilot Spring Road.
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|  Wildlife exclosure (?) in Big Sand Flat.
Wildlife exclosure (?) in Big Sand Flat. | Photograph taken 5 July 2010 in Big Sand Flat. I also saw something similar to this in Alkali Valley.
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|  Collection locality northwest of Big Sand Flat
Collection locality northwest of Big Sand Flat | Photograph taken 25-Jun-07. This area burned several years ago.
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|  Sand dunes on the edge of Big Sand Flat.
Sand dunes on the edge of Big Sand Flat. | Photograph taken 17 June 2010.
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|  Big Sand Flat, looking into the Mono Basin from near Sagehen Summit.
Big Sand Flat, looking into the Mono Basin from near Sagehen Summit. | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06.
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|  Eastern portion of Big Sand Flat after sheep grazing.
Eastern portion of Big Sand Flat after sheep grazing. | Photograph taken 2 September 2010.
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|  Marker at "Sand"
Marker at "Sand" | Photograph taken 21 June 2010.
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|  Looking southwest through Big Sand Flat
Looking southwest through Big Sand Flat | Photograph taken 5 July 2010 in Big Sand Flat.
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|  Intersection of CA Highway 120 and "120 Cutoff Road," F. R. 1S06.
Intersection of CA Highway 120 and "120 Cutoff Road," F. R. 1S06. | Photograph taken August 13, 2008.
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|  Wildflowers at Big Sand Flat.
Wildflowers at Big Sand Flat. | Photograph taken July 7, 2009. The magenta-colored flowers are Skunky Monkey Flower (Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G. L. Nesom) and the blue flowers are Mono Lake Lupine (Lupinus duranii Eastw.).
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| Black Point
|  Top of the Fissure
Top of the Fissure | Photograph taken July 8, 2009.
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|  Black Point
Black Point | Photograph taken July 7, 2009.
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|  Entrance to the Fissure
Entrance to the Fissure | Photograph taken July 8, 2009.
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|  Map of Black Point
Map of Black Point | Base: Negit Island Quadrangle.
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|  Jack Rabbit on Black Point
Jack Rabbit on Black Point | Photograph taken July 8, 2009.
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|  Top of the Fissure
Top of the Fissure | Photograph taken July 8, 2009.
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|  Location of Collection No. 586, Eriastrum wilcoxii
Location of Collection No. 586, Eriastrum wilcoxii | Photograph taken July 8, 2009.
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|  Inside the Fissure
Inside the Fissure | Photograph taken July 8, 2009.
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|  Beginning of F. R. 02N42 on Cemetery Road
Beginning of F. R. 02N42 on Cemetery Road | Photographed 22 May 2013.
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| Bloody Canyon
|  Bloody Canyon
Bloody Canyon | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06. There are two valleys formed by moraines that can be seen exiting Bloody Canyon. Walker Lake and Walker Creek are in the largest valley that exits to the right. Moraines forming this valley have been dated as Tahoe, Tenaya, and Tioga age. Exiting to the left is the older moraine that defines Sawmill Canyon. This moraine has been dated as Mono Basin age by Sampson and Smith (2006). The peak on the left is Mount Lewis, and the peak on the right is Mount Gibbs.
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| Bodie & Benton
|  Bodie and Benton roadbed looking south.
Bodie and Benton roadbed looking south. | Photographed 24 June 2015.
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|  Bodie and Benton roadbed looking north.
Bodie and Benton roadbed looking north. | Photographed 24 June 2015.
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| Bodie and Benton Railway
|  Bodie and Benton Railway roadbed.
Bodie and Benton Railway roadbed. | Photographed 20 Jun 2013.
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|  Bodie and Benton Railway roadbed south of Mono Mills
Bodie and Benton Railway roadbed south of Mono Mills | Photographed 20 Jun 2013.
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|  Spike pattern in railroad tie.
Spike pattern in railroad tie. | Photographed 20 Jun 2013.
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| Bodie Hills
|  Miners cabin in Cottonwood Canyon.
Miners cabin in Cottonwood Canyon. | Photograph taken 25 July 2010 in the Bodie Hills, about midway through Cottonwood Canyon.
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|  Antelope in the Bodie Hills
Antelope in the Bodie Hills | Photograph taken 25 July 2010 in the Bodie Hills, northeast of Mt. Biedeman and south of California Highway 270.
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|  Looking south toward Mt. Biedeman
Looking south toward Mt. Biedeman | Photograph taken 25 July 2010. Mats of Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii are in the center foreground.
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|  Looking east into the Mono Basin.
Looking east into the Mono Basin. | Photograph taken 25 July 2010.
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|  Small road north of Mt. Biedeman
Small road north of Mt. Biedeman | Map prepared 30 July 2010.
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|  Descending into Mormon Meadow from Bridgeport Canyon
Descending into Mormon Meadow from Bridgeport Canyon | Photographed 21 June 2012.
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|  Sheep in lower Mormon Meadow
Sheep in lower Mormon Meadow | Photographed 21 June 2012.
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|  Coyote Springs Road descends to Mormon Meadow
Coyote Springs Road descends to Mormon Meadow | Photographed 24 August 2012.
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| Bohler Canyon
|  Looking up Bohler Canyon
Looking up Bohler Canyon | Photograph taken August 2, 2007. I think it's Mount Gibbs on the left, and Mount Dana on the right.
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|  Second collecting locality in Bohler Canyon.
Second collecting locality in Bohler Canyon. | Photograph taken August 2, 2007. This is the place where a small road crosses the creek. There is also a broken down cabin here.
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|  View east from Bohler Canyon
View east from Bohler Canyon | Photograph taken 18 June 2010.
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|  My collecting locality in Bohler Canyon
My collecting locality in Bohler Canyon | Photograph taken August 2, 2007. Photograph looks north from the south side of the canyon, across Bohler Creek.
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|  Arborglyph beside Bohler Creek.
Arborglyph beside Bohler Creek. | Photograph taken 18 June 2010.
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|  Bohler Creek just below Farrington Siphon
Bohler Creek just below Farrington Siphon | Photographed 20 May 2013. The GNIS does not recognize a “Bohler Creek.” Regardless, this is the creek draining from Bohler Canyon, which the GNIS does recognize.
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| Bridgeport Canyon
|  Coyote Spring in Bridgeport Canyon
Coyote Spring in Bridgeport Canyon | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07.
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|  Mono Lake, Cowtrack Mountain, and the White Mountains from Bridgeport Canyon.
Mono Lake, Cowtrack Mountain, and the White Mountains from Bridgeport Canyon. | Photograph taken 20 June 2010.
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|  Lower end of Bridgeport Canyon
Lower end of Bridgeport Canyon | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07 from Goat Ranch Cutoff.
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|  View across Mono Basin to Cowtrack Mountain
View across Mono Basin to Cowtrack Mountain | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07. This photo looks southeast from the pass in Bridgeport Canyon, the northwest edge of the Mono Basin, to Cowtrack Mountain, on the southeast edge of the Mono Basin.
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|  Unnamed spring in Bridgeport Canyon
Unnamed spring in Bridgeport Canyon | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07.
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|  Coyote Spring in Bridgeport Canyon
Coyote Spring in Bridgeport Canyon | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07.
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|  Mudflow breccia in Bridgeport Canyon
Mudflow breccia in Bridgeport Canyon | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07.
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|  Meadow in upper Bridgeport Canyon
Meadow in upper Bridgeport Canyon | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07. This meadow was watered by a fairly large spring that does not appear to be named.
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|  Natural rock garden in Bridgeport Canyon.
Natural rock garden in Bridgeport Canyon. | Photographed 22 May 2013.
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|  Meadow cleaned out by sheep.
Meadow cleaned out by sheep. | Photographed 24 August 2012. Note that the Iris is still there; eventually it will take over.
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|  Low water level in the pool at Coyote Spring.
Low water level in the pool at Coyote Spring. | Photographed 24 August 2012. It looked like the water had been pumped out; for sheep?
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|  Plants collected in one spot in Bridgeport Canyon.
Plants collected in one spot in Bridgeport Canyon. | Date of Collections: 22 May 2013.
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| Carl Sharsmith
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| Cedar Hill
|  View of Cedar Hill acress Mono Lake.
View of Cedar Hill acress Mono Lake. | Photograph taken 23-Sep-06. Cedar Hill is in the middleground from center to right of center. The peak on the skyline left of center is Mount Hicks. The peak at back left is Aurora Peak. Both of these peaks are in Nevada.
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|  Shorelines on Cedar Hill
Shorelines on Cedar Hill | Photograph taken July 7, 2009.
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| Chesnut and Drew
|  Chesnut and Drew in the Mono Lake basin, 1889.
Chesnut and Drew in the Mono Lake basin, 1889. |
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| Conway Ranch
|  Conway Ranch from US Highway 395
Conway Ranch from US Highway 395 | Photograph taken 4-Jun-06.
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|  Conway Ranch
Conway Ranch | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07.
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|  Conway Ranch
Conway Ranch | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07.
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|  General view towards Conway Ranch
General view towards Conway Ranch | Photograph taken 26-Jun-07. Dunderberg Peak in the background.
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