Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | California Highway 178 |
| Tom Schweich |
 Topics in this Article: Shoshone Literature Cited | (No Preface)
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| Other Articles: California Highway 58: Bakersfield CA Hwy 99: at CA Hwy 58 | BakersfieldJunction: California Highway 58, California Highway 99 |
 Entrance to Kern Canyon near Bakersfield
Entrance to Kern Canyon. | |
Historical marker beside highway: |
|  Lower Kern
River Other Articles: Field Notes: 15-Jul-05 Locations: Kern River.
Lower Kern Canyon | |  Lower Kern Canyon
Lower Kern Canyon | | Other Articles: California Highway 155: Lake Isabella
| Lake IsabellaJunction: California Highway 155 | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20020418040 Locations: Isabella Lake. | Isabella Lake
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South Fork Valley
| | Locations: Onyx.
| OnyxSmall settlement along CA Highway 178. |  Joshua trees along CA Highway 178 near Onyx Other Articles: Field Notes: 20020418060
Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) are found from Onyx to Walker Pass, a distance of about 12 miles. There is some thought that Native Americans may have transported seeds into South Fork Valley from the Mojave Desert.
| |  Fremontia (Fremontodendron californicum) in South Fork Valley.
East of Onyx was a
north-facing hillside with many Fremontia (Fremontodendron californicum) in bloom.
| |  View
northwest from Walker Pass.
View northwest from Walker Pass. I think the flat topography in the distance would be identified as the Kern Plateau.
| |  Walker Pass on a windy Spring afternoon. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20020418070 Locations: Walker Pass. | Walker PassHistorical plaque at Walker Pass reads as follows:
|  Looking south
across Walker Pass. Other Articles: Field Notes: 15-Jul-05 Locations: Walker Pass.
View south across Walker Pass. Sagebrush on the open slopes merges into the Pinyons on the upper slopes.
| |  Steve
inspects the weather station in Walker Pass. Other Articles: Field Notes: 15-Jul-05
Steve inspects the weather station in Walker Pass. There is also a Walker Pass RAWS a few miles west.
| |  View east
from Walker Pass into Indian Wells Valley Other Articles: Field Notes: 15-Jul-05 Locations: Walker Pass.
View east from Walker Pass. The vegetation here is Pinyons, Juniper, Big Sagebrush, and Bitterbrush.
| | Locations: Freeman Canyon.
| Freeman Canyon
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 Looking south to Robber's Roost from Soldier Wells.
Other Articles: Field Notes: 15-Jul-05 Locations: Robber's Roost.
Soldier Wells. | Don't take this road to Robber's Roost. It's closed at the other end. | Other Articles: California Highway 14: at CA Hwy 178 West Junction: |
| Other Articles: California Highway 14: at CA Hwy 178 East Junction: |
| Locations: Inyokern.
Inyokern | | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 395: at CA Hwy 178
Junction: |
| Other Articles: Trona Road: 25000 Junction: |
| Locations: Salt Wells Valley.
| Salt Wells ValleySalt Wells Valley is north of CA Highway 178. Carl Purpus may have collected here in 1898. He was definitely in the area, on his way from Indian Wells Valley to the Argus Range, when he mentions stopping at Salt Wells. Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg may have also collected here in 1940, when they mention collecting in Salt Canyon, and Salt Wells Canyon. | Locations: Poison Canyon.
Poison Canyon | | Other Articles: Trona Road: 20000 Junction: |
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| This is the missing segment of California Highway 178. The western segment, above this break, runs from Bakersfield to the intersection with Trona Road, south of Trona. The eastern segment, below this break, runs from Death Valley to Shoshone. Apparently, Highway 178 was originally planned to pass through Wingate Pass, but this portion of the route was never constructed. | Other Articles: Badwater Road: at CA Hwy 178 Harry Wade Road: 10000
Junctions:
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| Other Articles: California Highway 127: at Shoshone
Junction: |
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| Shoshone
| Other Articles: California Highway 127: at Shoshone
Junction: CA Hwy 127, south to Baker.
| |  Dugout in
"Castles of Clay"
"Castles of Clay" | |  Phacelia
calthifolia Brand growing in pattern aligned with subsurface cracks.
Phacelia calthifolia Brand near Shoshone.
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|  View of Shoshone from the east. Other Articles: Field Notes: May 24, 2004 |
|  Tecopa Lake beds between Tecopa and Shoshone. Other Articles: Field Notes: May 24, 2004
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Other Articles: FAQ: F205771 Locations: Resting Spring Range.
| Resting Spring Range |  Chicago
Valley, looking south. Other Articles: Field Notes: May 24, 2004 Locations: Chicago Valley. |
| Other Articles: FAQ: F205771
| Chicago Valley
|  Chicago Valley and the Resting Spring Range, looking north.
Other Articles: Field Notes: May 24, 2004 Locations: Chicago Valley. |
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| Stewart Valley
| Other Articles: NV Hwy 372: 20000 Junction: Nevada Highway 372 |
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| Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.No Literature Cited If
you have a question or a comment you may write to me at: tas4@schweich.com I sometimes post
interesting questions in my FAQ, but I never disclose your full name or address.
| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/15/2008 12:32:48 PM |