Photo Point 020

Description: 
Foot of Davis Mesa
Photo: 
Photo date: 
March 27, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
SE
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
538932
N: 
3593029
Height
Elevation: 
1129 m
In feet: 
3705 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Larrea tridentata dominant 15-24%

1.5

Fouquieria splendens common 1-4%

2.5

Yucca elata common 1-4%

1.5

Zinnia acerosa uncommon <1%

Few grasses, but annuals common: Lepidium, Plantago, Cyrptantha, Phacelia, and Dyssodia.

Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Opuntia engelmannii common 1-4%

0.5

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis uncommon <1%

NOTE: no palo verde at photo point, but there are many just upslope. These appear to be associated with the neighboring LTA169.

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