Photo Point 060

Description: 
Saguaros and ocotillo at 4,000 feet in the Rincon Mts. near Espiritu Canyon, on a south-facing slope.
Photo: 

Junipers occur on the shady north-side. Espiritu Canyon holds a perennial stream bordered by velvet ash. Limestone-derived soils are favored by Chihuahuan desert shrubs, such as Mortonia scabra, and annuals like the yellow composite, Dyssodia pentachaeta.

Photo date: 
September 28, 2007
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
N
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
548225
N: 
3574269
Height
Elevation: 
1078 m
In feet: 
3537 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Juniperus coahuilensis common Unknown

mostly on north slopes, not in photo

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Fouquieria splendens common Unknown
Agave palmeri common Unknown
Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Carnegiea gigantea common Unknown

restricted to south slopes, as in photo