Photo Point 065

Description: 
Catalina Foothills, north of River Road, between Craycroft and Sabino.
Photo: 
Photo date: 
September 7, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
NW
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
513331
N: 
3571162
Height
Elevation: 
779 m
In feet: 
2555 ft

Vegetation:

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

1.5 m

Acacia constricta common 1-4%

2 m, in washes

Celtis pallida uncommon <1%
Condalia warnockii uncommon <1%
Ambrosia deltoidea common 1-4%
Zinnia acerosa common <1%
Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Parkinsonia microphylla common 5-9%

3 m

Prosopis velutina common <1%

3 m; in washes

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

1 m

Cylindropuntia versicolor common <1%
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis common <1%
Cylindropuntia fulgida uncommon <1%