Eastern Mojave Vegetation Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  From California Highway 120 at Sagehen Summit south past Sagehen Meadow to Dexter Canyon

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• California Highway 120:   at Sagehen Mdws Rd;  

Junction: California Highway 120

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• Field Notes:   23 Jul 2010;
Full Size ImageSagehen Meadow Road in Mono Lake basin.  

View north on Sagehen Meadows Road.

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• Forest Road 1S160:   at 1N02;  

Junction: Forest Road 1S160, roughly parallels the east side of Dry Creek, passes between Dry Creek, and Crooked, and joins 1S55. Also previously known as 1S437.

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• Field Notes:   23 Jul 2010;
Full Size ImageSagehen Meadow Road in Mono Lake basin  

View southeast on Sagehen Meadows Road.

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• Field Notes:   23 Jul 2010;

Locations: Mono Basin.
Full Size ImageView into Mono Lake basin from Sagehen Meadow Road  

 
  Mono Lake basin above …
Adobe Valley drainage below …

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• Field Notes:   23 Jul 2010;
Full Size ImageView into Adobe Valley drainage from Sagehen Meadow Road.  

 

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• Field Notes:  16 Jun 2010 Col. No. 593;
Full Size ImageHabitat of Ribes cereum var. cereum near Sagehen Meadow.
Full Size ImageThe house in Sagehen Meadow as seen from the location of my Collection No. 593.  

Edge of Jeffrey pine forest.

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• Field Notes:   16 Jun 2011;
Full Size ImageThe Sagehen Meadow house
Full Size ImageSagehen Peak from the meadow  

The Robert W. Lane house at Sagehen Meadow.

 

 

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• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 589, 15 Jun 2010.;  Col. No. 590, 15 Jun 2010.;  Col. No. 592, 15 Jun 2010.;   Coll. No. 594, 16 Jun 2010.;   Coll. No. 595, 16 Jun 2010.;  Coll. No. 596, 16 Jun 2010.;   Coll. No. 627, 2 Jul 2010.;   Coll. No. 628, 2 Jul 2010.;   Coll, No. 629, 2 Jul 2010.;   Coll. No. 631, 5 Jul 2010.;  Coll. No. 632, 5 Jul 2010.;   Coll. No. 636, 5 Jul 2010.;  Coll. No. 637, 5 Jul 2010.;   Coll. No. 638, 5 Jul 2010.;  Coll. No. 824;  Coll. No. 825, 31 May 2012;  Coll. No. 885;  Coll. No. 886;  Coll. No. 887;
• Glossary:  style appendage;

Locations: Sagehen Meadow.
Full Size ImagePhacelia bicolor, Collection No. 594  

Sagehen Meadow

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Rumex paucifolius, Collection No. 595.
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Habitat of Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata var. tridentata) in Sagehen Meadow.
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Habitat of Phlox stansburyi in Sagehen Meadow.
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Habitat of the Ash Penstemon (Penstemon cinicola) in Sagehen Meadow.
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Flower of Penstemon cinicola.
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Infloresence of Penstemon cinicola.
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Coll. No. 631, Agoseris glauca var. glauca, collected at Sagehen Meadow.
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Iris missouriensis in Sagehen Meadow.
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Habitat of Stellaria longipes in Sagehen Meadow.
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Habitat of Erythranthe primuloides in Sagehen Meadow.
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Habit of Montia chamissoi in Sagehen Meadow.
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Coll. No. 824, Anisocoma acaulis
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Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum, Collection No. 589
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Diplacus nanus, Collection No. 590
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Ribes cereum var. cereum, Collection No. 592
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Ribes cereum var. cereum, Collection No. 592
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Coll. No. 596, Carex douglasii
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Coll. No. 824, Anisocoma acaulis
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Coll. No. 825, Bromus tectorum
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Coll. No. 885, Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca
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Coll. No. 886, Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca
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Coll. No. 886, Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca
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Coll. No. 887, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. puberulus, illustrating “style appendages.”
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Coll. No. 887, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. puberulus
 

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• Sagehen Mdw CG Rd:   at 1N02;  

Junction: Forest Road 1N02A “Sagehen Meadow CG Rd”

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• Forest Road 1S196:   at FR 1N02;  

Junction: Forest Road 1S196, east and downstream.

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• Field Notes:  22 Jul 2010;
Full Size ImageView of sand slope on north side of Sagehen Peak.
Full Size ImageDistant view of sand slope on north side of Sagehen Peak.  

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Another example of a "barren" sand slope.
East of the road about 100 meters is a sand slope. It is bare in the winter, but has lots of lupines in the summer. I have keyed these lupines out as L. argentea var. argentea

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• Field Notes:  20100622624;   15 Jul 2010;
Full Size ImageArborglyph on Sagehen Meadows Road
Full Size ImageA particularly elaborate arborglyph.  

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Cheryl by arborglyphs beside Sagehen Meadow Road.
Beside the road are numerous arborglyphs.

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• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 834;  

Abronia turbinata collected in deep powdery sand to east of road.

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• Field Notes:   15 Jul 2010;   near Sagehen Pk;
Full Size ImageView of Sagehen Meadow and house from near Sagehen Peak.
Full Size ImageView of the Mono Lake basin from Sagehen Meadow Road  

Near the summit on Sagehen Meadows Road is an excellent view point.

Full Size ImageSagehen Meadow from Sagehen Peak  
 

 

 

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• Field Notes:   13-Aug-08;

Locations: Sagehen Peak.  

Sagehen Peak

You can drive almost to the top of Sagehen Peak.

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• Forest Road 1S56:   at F. R. 1N02;  

Junction: 1S56, to Crooked Meadows.

 

 

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• Field Notes:   13-Aug-08;   18 Jun 2012;

Locations: Wild Horse Meadow.
Full Size ImageWild Horse Meadow  

Wild Horse Meadow

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View north in Wild Horse Meadow
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View south in Wild Horse Meadow
 

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• Field Notes:   21 June 2010;
Full Size ImageView of Johnny Meadow  

Junction: Road to Johnny Meadow
  at Dexter Canyon
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Date and time this article was prepared: 4/14/2024 5:25:50 PM