Photo Point 070

Description: 
Along Interstate 10 a few miles west of the Mescal exit.
Photo: 

The whitethorn and creosote bush provide 10 to 30% cover. The darker and similar sized Mexican crucillo is a common associate on slopes, and the littleleaf sumac is common in swales. The small shrub Dyssodia is abundant. The blue paloverde, typical of low deserts, is surprisingly common, while the mesquite is unusually uncommon.

Photo date: 
September 28, 2007
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
N
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
549643
N: 
3537131
Height
Elevation: 
1230 m
In feet: 
4035 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Larrea tridentata co-dominant 5-9%
Acacia constricta co-dominant 5-9%
Condalia warnockii common 1-4%
Koeberlinia spinosa common <1%
Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Rhus microphylla common 1-4%

prefers swales

Parkinsonia floridum common 1-4%

occasionally co-dominant

Prosopis velutina uncommon <1%
Life form: forb
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Dyssodia spp. common 1-4%