Photo Point 313

Description: 
West divide above Pipestem Canyon, Galiuros.
Photo: 
Photo date: 
May 15, 2011
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
S
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
553902
N: 
3617037
Height
Elevation: 
1898 m
In feet: 
6227 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Nolina microcarpa common 10-14%

 1.5

Cercocarpus montana common 5-9%

 2

Gutierrezia sarothrae common 5-9%

 0.4

Agave palmeri common 1-4%

 0.5

Agave schottii common 1-4%

 0.3

Choisya mollis uncommon <1%
Rhus trilobata rare <1%
Rhamnus crocea common 1-4%

 1.3

Garrya wrightii uncommon <1%
Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Quercus grisea common 10-14%

 4

Juniperus deppeana common 5-9%

 4

Pinus discolor rare <1%
Life form: cactus
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Cylindropuntia spinosior uncommon <1%

 1

Opuntia sp. uncommon <1%
Life form: grass
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Muhlenbergia emersleyi common 10-14%

 0.7

Bothriochloa barbinodis common 10-14%

 0.7

Life form: forb
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Annual composite common 10-14%

 0.7

Penstemon pseudospectabalis uncommon <1%