Photo Point 009

Description: 
Redington Pass, between Bellota Ranch HQ and Chimney Rock
Photo: 

Vegetation note: oak, manzanita, and beargrass are scarce in this basin with clay soils. However, there were abundant paperflower (Psilostrophe cooperi).

Photo date: 
March 26, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
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UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
535982
N: 
3577457
Height
Elevation: 
1216 m
In feet: 
3990 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Prosopis velutina dominant 5-9%

2.5

Juniperus coahuilensis common <1%

10-14% on slopes

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Acacia greggii common 1-4%

1.5

Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Opuntia engelmannii uncommon <1%

No data

Life form: grass
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Eragrostis spp. 25-39%