<b>White Mountains</b>, Mono County, California.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

White Mountains, Mono County, California.

Gazetteer Query: G.N.I.S. See also: Montgomery Peak. White Mountain Peak. Fish Lake Valley. White Mountains. Queen Valley. See also: Chalfant Valley. Coldwater Canyon. Furnace Creek. Green Monster Mine. Montgomery Peak. White Mountains.
	The White Mountains are named from the light-colored appearance of the higher peaks, primarily Montgomery Peak. Montgomery Peak was formerly named White Mountain Peak. That name was transferred to a peak sixteen miles farther south in 1917. Elevation: 12132ft, 3698m. Articles that refer to this location: William H. Shockley: An early day mining engineer and exceptional plant collector: collecting in the White Mtns; Field Notes: 26-May-04; 26 May 2004; 17-Jul-05; The Vegetation of Lobo Point and North Wild Horse Mesa, Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California.: 60800; A Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: 103070; U. S. Highway 95: west of Tonopah; Literature Referring To This Location: Barneby, Rupert C. 1977. William H. Shockley: An early day mining engineer and exceptional plant collector. Mentzelia. 3: 19. {TAS} Gudde, Erwin G. 1969 (3rd Ed.). California Place Names. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1969. {TAS} Stockli, Daniel F., Trevor A. Dumitru, Michael O. McWilliams, and Kenneth A. Farley. 2003. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the White Mountains, California and Nevada. GSA Bulletin. 115(7):788-816. {TAS-pdf} Trimble, Stephen. 1989. The Sagebrush Ocean. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. {TAS} Young, James A, and Charlie D. Clements. 2002. Purshia: the wild and bitter roses. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 2002. {TAS}
	No collections made at this location.
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