Photo Point 128

Description: 
The view SE from the desert hills just west of Cascabel, above the San Pedro River.
Photo: 
Photo date: 
September 22, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
SE
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
556972
N: 
3572105
Height
Elevation: 
1060 m
In feet: 
3476 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Acacia constricta co-dominant 5-9%

1.3 m - restricted to north slopes

Encelia farinosa common 1-4%

0.2

Yucca elata rare <1%
Zinnia acerosa common 1-4%
Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Parkinsonia microphylla co-dominant 5-9%

2 m - restricted to south slopes

Juniperus coahuilensis rare <1%
Prosopis velutina uncommon <1%
Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Opuntia engelmannii co-dominant 5-9%

0.6

Life form: grass
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Muhlenbergia porteri uncommon <1%
Tridens pulchellus common 1-4%