Photo Point 002

Description: 
NE corner of Catalina Highway and Snyder Road
Photo: 
Photo date: 
March 25, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
N
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
523261
N: 
3573168
Height
Elevation: 
842 m
In feet: 
2762 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Prosopis velutina dominant 10-14%

5 m

Parkinsonia microphyllum common <1%
Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Opuntia engelmannii common 5-9%

Combined cover for Opuntia engelmannii and all Cylindroputia is 15-24%

Cylindropuntia fulgida common 5-9%
Cylindropuntia versicolor common 5-9%
Cylindropuntia spinosior common 5-9%
Carnegiea gigantea uncommon <1%
Ferocactus wislizeni common <1%
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis uncommon <1%
Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Celtis pallida common <1%
Hymenoclea salsola common <1%
Ambrosia ambrosioides common <1%

Along washes

Life form: grass
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Aristida spp. common 1-4%

Perennial