Photo Point 018

Description: 
Davis Mesa
Photo: 
Photo date: 
March 27, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
ESE
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
537148
N: 
3592430
Height
Elevation: 
1216 m
In feet: 
3990 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Opuntia engelmannii dominant 40-59%

0.7

Carnegiea gigantea rare <1%

NOTE: grasses grazed. Abundant annuals, especially Pectocarya.

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

2.5

Parkinsonia floridum common <1%

1.5

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Calliandra eriophylla common 5-9%

0.2

Fouquieria splendens common <1%
Agave palmeri uncommon <1%
Encelia farinosa uncommon <1%