United States, California, San Bernardino, BLMAvawatz Mountains Wilderness Study Area: ca. 1.76 air miles west-southwest of Old Mormon Spring, west of Silurian Lake and valley.; Red Pass Lake NE 7.5'. San Bernardino Meridian
35.49894 -116.27976 NAD83
T16N R7E S6 SW1/4
1219 meters
3998ft.
Rocky canyon sloping ca. 12 degrees, facing N34E. Talus and gravel wash between steep slopes of scree, talus, and rock outcrops. Early Precambrian metamorphic rock, near Mesozoic granitic rocks. Desert scrub and sparse Joshua Trees. Scattered on slopes and in wash.
Scutellaria mexicana, Prunus fasciculata, Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens, Stipa speciosa, Cirsium, Mirabilis, cfPoa secunda, Opuntia basilaris, Encelia virginensis, Sphaeralcea ambigua, Ephedra cf. nevadensis, Ambrosia salsola, cf. Grayia, Cuscuta on Bahiopsis reticulata, Krameria erecta, Tetradymia, Brickellia desertorum, Stanleya pinnata var. p., Petalonyx nitidus, Lepidium fremontii, Salvia mohavensis, Xylorhiza tortifolia var. t., Stephanomeria pauciflora, moss, Galium stellatum, Psorothamnus arborescens var. minutifolius, Ericameria paniculata, Eriogonum heermannii, E. inflatum, E. deflexum var. d., E. nidularium, E. fasciculatum var. polifolium, Brickellia atractyloides var. at., Larrea tridentata, Krascheninnikovia lanata