Eastern Mojave Vegetation	Field Notes (Continued)
	Tom Schweich

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When I first read the field notes of Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, I was fascinated by the descriptions they wrote about the places they went and the plants and animals they found there. By publishing my field notes on the Internet I hope to follow a little bit in their tradition.

1998

Other articles:
• Frasera albomarginata: 129000;

March 3-4, 1998

Measured my plots on Wild Horse Mesa and Pinto Mountain.

Other articles:
• Frasera albomarginata: 129000;

April 28-29, 1998

Measured my plots on Wild Horse Mesa and Pinto Mountain.

Other articles:
• Shell Creek Road: at Shell Creek north; at Shell Creek south;

Locations: Shell Creek.
Shell Creek in May 1998.

Shell Creek, May 10, 1998.

Shell Creek in May 1998.

Shell Creek, May 10, 1998.

Photographs of Shell Creek in 1998.

Other articles:
• New York Mountain Road.: at Golden Quail Mine;
• Eastern Mojave Geology: Golden Quail Claims;
• Frasera albomarginata: 129000;

Locations: Golden Quail Claims.
The open pit of the Golden Quail Mine: 1998.

May 1998

Trip tp Mojave Desert to measure transects, collect, &c.

Other articles:
• Frasera albomarginata: 128000;

Locations: Wild Horse Mesa.
Measuring Frasera albomarginata o the north face of Wild Horse Mesa.

Measuring the transect in Frasera albomarginata on the north face of Wild Horse Mesa.

Other articles:
• Wild Horse Canyon Road: near Wild Horse Mesa;

Locations: Wild Horse Mesa.
Coll. No. 154.2, Astragalus cimae var. cimae

154.2

Astragalus cimae M. E. Jones var. cimae. Cima milkvetch.

Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California.

Coll. No. 154.2, keyed 21 Nov 2012, characters observed: Perennial; Leaf 6-7 cm.; Leaflets 13-17, 10 mm., tips obtuse to barely notched, strigose, more so on abaxial side; Flower ?; Fruit glabrous (very few hairs), chambers 2.

Other articles:
• Cedar Canyon Road: 30000;

Locations: Pinto Mountain. Round Valley.
South face of Pinto Mountain.

Measuring Frasera albomarginata on the south slope of Pinto Mountain.

Look south across Round Valley from the south slope of Pinto Mountain.

Locations: Zion National Park.
Somewhere in Zion National Park.
Tom somewhere in Zion National Pak

Camped overnight at Zion National Park.

Other articles:
• Caruthers Canyon Road: at the Giant Ledge Mine;
Collection No. 186, Frasera albomarginata, desert elkweed.

186

Frasera albomarginata (S. Watson) Kuntze.

Other articles:
• AZ Hwy 67: North Rim;

Locations: North Rim of Grand Canyon.
Cheryl and Tom at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

North Rim of Grand Canyon.

June 1998

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 395: in Walker;
2 Flags Trading Post
Jenny Dick, the artist who made the willow basket.

Date approximate. Passed through Coleville.

Willow basket made by Jenny Dick.

Info cards about the basket and the trading post.

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road: at the camp site;
• Frasera albomarginata: 129000;

Locations: Lobo Point.
Lobo Point in the early morning (1998).

19-20 September 1998

Measured my plots on Wild Horse Mesa and Pinto Mountain.

Other articles:
• Cedar Canyon Road: Pinto Mountain;
Purple Bird's-Beak (Cordylanthus parviflorus)
Collection No. 155, Cordylanthus parviflorus

155

Cordylanthus parviflorus (Ferris) Wiggins. Purple Bird's-Beak.

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road: at the camp site;
Coll. No. 157, Gutierrezia microcephala
Coll. No. 157, Gutierrezia microcephala

157

Gutierrezia microcephala (DC.) A. Gray. Threadleaf Snakeweed.

Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. Alluvial flats, common in the informal campground, 1½ miles east northeast of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. 35.0512°N, 115.4236°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1380 m.

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road: at the camp site;

158

Galium munzii Hilend & J. T. Howell. Munz's Bedstraw.

Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. North-facing slope of mudflow breccia, 1.7 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. 35.0501°N, 115.4223°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1380 m.

Coll. No. 158, 20 Sep 1998, characters observed: Perennial, herb, sprawling, to 20 cm.; Stem, short stiff hairy; Leaves, whorls of 4, opposite to 3 mm, unequal, elliptic with acuminate tip; Flower minute, rotate; Style, 1, 2 branches; Stamens, 2(?), slightly exserted developing before gyn.; Fruit, black with sticky(?) white hairs.

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road: at the camp site;
Collection No. 160, Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. polifolium
Collection No. 160, Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. polifolium

160

Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. Ssp. polifolium (A. DC.) Torrey & A. Gray. California Buckwheat.

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road: at the camp site;
Collection No. 162, Oenothera californica ssp. avita

162

Oenothera californica (S. Watson) S. Watson ssp. avita Klein. Along washes in the Lobo Point camp.

Other articles:
• Wild Horse Canyon Road: near Wild Horse Mesa;
Single-Leaved Ash (Fraxinus anomala).
Close up of leaf of Fraxinus anomala.

163

Fraxinus anomala S. Watson. Single-Leaf Ash.

Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, on Winkler Formation (lacustrine limestone) where an old road crosses a watercourse. 35.0484°N, 115.4584°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1550 m. With Pinus monophylla, Ericameria linearifolia, Rhamnus ilicifolia, Rhus trilobata, Garrya flavescens, and Juniperus osteosperma.

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road: at the camp site;
Collection No. 164, Verbena gooddingii, southwestern mock vervain.
Collection No. 164, Verbena gooddingii, southwestern mock vervain.

164

Verbena gooddingii Briq. Southwestern Mock Vervain.

Other articles:
• Wild Horse Canyon Road: near Wild Horse Mesa;
Rhamnus ilicifolia on the north face of Wild Horse Mesa.
Holly-Leaved Redberry (Rhamnus ilicifolia) on the north face of Wild Horse Mesa.

165

Plants of the Mid Hills, Mojave National Preserve
San Bernardino County, California, USA Rhamnaceae

Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg. Hollyleaf Redberry.

Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa. 5 km west-northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. 35.0472°N, 115.4587°W. WGS 1984. Elev. 1550 m.
Collected under Permit#: MOJA-2001-SCI-0015, Vegetation of Lobo Point and North Wild Horse Mesa.

Tom Schweich 165.

20-Sep-1998

Other articles:
• Harris Springs Road: near Harris Springs;
Collection No. 166, Purshia mexicana var. stansburyana, Stanbury cliffrose.
Collection No. 166, Purshia mexicana var. stansburyana, Stansbury cliffrose.

166

Collection No. 166, Purshia mexicana var. stansburyana, Stanbury cliffrose.

Purshia mexicana var. stansburyana, along Harris Springs road, on the southeast slopes of the Spring Mountains.

"Cheryl & Hickory Smoked Turkey, Thanksgiving, 1998" in grandmother's handwriting.
"Paul in an old flying helmet & Tom in a billed cap. Thanksgiving, 1998"

Thanksgiving 1998

Thanksgiving

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