Photo Point 016

Description: 
Mesa above lower Beuhman Canyon, north side
Photo: 
Photo date: 
March 27, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
SE
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
541306
N: 
3587719
Height
Elevation: 
1077 m
In feet: 
3532 ft

Vegetation:

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

3

Parkinsonia floridum common <1%

1.5

Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Opuntia engelmannii co-dominant 5-9%

1

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

0.2

Fouquieria splendens common 1-4%

4

Acacia constricta common 1-4%

1.5

Yucca elata uncommon <1%

NOTE: at higher elevations this LTA held oak/juniper on north slopes

Zinnia acerosa uncommon <1%
Life form: grass
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Hilaria belangeri common Unknown

Grasses were patchy

Aristida ternipes common Unknown
Eragrostis lehmanniana common Unknown
Aristida adscensionis common Unknown