Photo Point 231

Description: 
Just north of Peppersauce Canyon, along Oracle Road
Photo: 
Photo date: 
October 28, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
W
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
526890
N: 
3600840
Height
Elevation: 
1465 m
In feet: 
4805 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Opuntia engelmannii co-dominant 10-14%

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Life form: grass
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Bouteloua curtipendala common 5-9%
Heteropogon contortus common 5-9%
Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Acacia constricta uncommon <1%
Acacia greggii uncommon <1%
Aloysia wrightii uncommon <1%
Dasylirion wheeleri common <1%
Calliandra eriophylla co-dominant 10-14%

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Agave palmeri common <1%
Fouquieria splendens common 1-4%
Tecoma stans common 1-4%

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Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Prosopis velutina uncommon <1%

2

Juniperus coahuilensis uncommon <1%

3