Photo Point 010

Description: 
Redington Pass, just east of turnoff to A7 Ranch Road and Espiritu
Photo: 

Vegetation data are from south-facing hillside, where annual comps were as common as grasses - at least during the spring. North slopes appeared to hold Juniperus coahuilensis at 15-24% cover, Quercus oblongifolia/Quercus emoryi at 1-4% cover.

Photo date: 
March 26, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
W
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
543077
N: 
3575377
Height
Elevation: 
1307 m
In feet: 
4289 ft

Vegetation:

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

10-14% in swales

2.0 m on average; 1.5 m in swales

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Calliandra eriophylla common <1%
Acacia greggii common <1%
Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Opuntia engelmannii common <1%
Life form: grass
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Tridens muticus common <1%
Aristida spp. common <1%
Eragrostis spp. common <1%

The dominant bunchgrass