Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert |
| Tom Schweich |
Topics in this Article: Literature Cited | Kingston Road
was the original route from Valley Wells in the Shadow Valley to Jean in the Ivanpah Valley via Goodpsrings. It was originally opened as a toll road..
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| Other Articles: NV Hwy 161: 60000 Locations: Jean. Junction: Nevada
Highway 161, to U. S. Interstate 15 at Jean, Nevada. |
| Literature Cited: Other Articles: FAQ: Goodsprings Routes to Water: at Goodsprings Locations: Goodsprings.
| Goodsprings
|  Location of Aztec Tank, type locality of Aztec Sandstone.
Sandy Valley and the Mesquite Mountains.
Locations: Mesquite Mountains. Aztec Tank. Just south of Wilson Pass a road
goes up to some radio towers. Some great views are had from here, including Goodsprings and Sandy Valley.
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 Kingston Road south of Wilson Pass.
| | Locations: Wilson Pass.
Wilson Pass |
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 Kingston Road north of Wilson Pass.
| | Other Articles: Potosi Mountain Road: 90000 Junction: Potosi Mountain Road, to Potosi Valley, Potosi Spring, and eventually Kingston Road near Wilson Pass.
| | Other Articles: Sandy Valley Road: Sandy Valley | Sandy ValleyJunction: Sandy Valley Road |
 Kingston Road
at the California-Nevada border Locations: Mesquite Mountains.
Nevada above … | California below …
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 View of Mesquite Lake and Mesquite Valley Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040420034919
The first outcropping of limestone on the north side of the road is also an informal dump. It was here that I made my collections 350 - 352, plus taking some photographs of some plants of which I only saw one.
| |  Sandy Valley,
looking east from the margin of the Mesquite Mountains.
Locations: Sandy Valley. |
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 Kingston Road on the east side of the Mesquite Mountains.
Locations: Mesquite Mountains.
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 Calochortus flexuosus in the Mesquite Mountains
Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040422037305
On the south side of the road, climbing up to some dip-slope limestone outcrops, I saw 4-5 Calochortus flexuosus.
| |  Large Barrel
Cactus on quartzite outcrop. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040422037310 I walked up to the quartzite
outcrop on the south side of the road. On the way back to the car, I collected two different Atriplexes. Location was 11S 3953350 618750, elevation: 1000 m.
| |  Looking east
into Nevada from Winters Pass Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040420034110 Locations: Winters Pass. The view west from
Winters Pass into Sandy Valley, Nevada. |
|  View south from Winters Pass Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040420034110 Locations: Mesquite Mountains. Winters Pass. Winters
Pass | |  Winters Pass
as seen from one of the small hills in Winters Pass Hills.
Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040420034009 Locations: Winters Pass. From a vantage point
on the low Winters Pass Hills north of Kingston Road, one gets a better sense of Winters Pass being a low, broad pass separating the North and South Mesquite Mountains.
| |  Eriophyllum wallacei in wash near the Wilson Pass Hills, Mesquite Mountains.
Other Articles: Field Notes: 20 Apr 05 Looking for Langloisia When walking across
the wash to the Winters Pass Hills from Kingston Road, there are often little wooly sunflowers (Eriophyllum wallacei) clustered in the washes.
| |  Lilac
Subbonnet (Langoisia setosissima ssp. punctata)
Other Articles: Field Notes: 20 Apr 04 Coll No 341 Locations: Goldhammer Mine. Lilac Sunbonnet
(Langloisia setosissima ssp. punctata) can be found on the south slopes of Winters Pass Hills, elevation 990 m (3500 ft) about mid-Spring. The 20th of April 2004 was just about perfect in terms of a full bloom of the species. However, 20 April 2005 was much too early because the early Spring was cool and cloudy. As a comparison, on 24 April 2005 we found Lilac Sunbonnet in full bloom at the Goldhammer Mine, which is 100 km (62 mi) south, at elevation 675 m (2280 ft), which is 215 m (1220 ft) lower in elevation.
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 Mojave
Prickly Pear (Opuntia erinacea) on the slopes of the Winters Pass Hills
Parish's Larkspur (Delphinium parishii) on the slopes of the Winters Pass Hills.
Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040420034007
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Literature Cited: Other Articles: Death Valley Geology: 148600 Field Notes: 20 Apr 04 near Winters Pass Hills Locations: Winters Pass Hills.
| Winters Pass HillsWinters Pass Hills was the southeastern extent of investigation of the Noonday Dolomite and the Johnnie Formation by Corsetti and Kaufman (2003) |  View of
Mesquite Mountains summit from Winters Pass. Other Articles: Field Notes: 21-Apr-05 at Winters Pass Locations: Mesquite Mountains. I
have climbed to the summit of this portion of the Mesquite Mountains as shown in the left background. A direct approach to this summit would lead one into some pretty rough climbing. Instead, I would recommend following an old road east as far as it leads to a saddle overlooking the Mesquite Valley, then turning north, climbing a ridge line, but staying a little to the east, to avoid the cliffs.
| |  View of Clark
Mountain from the north. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050420510 Locations: Clark Mountain. View to the south of Clark Mountain
from Kingston Road. | | Other Articles: Routes to Water: at Kingston Rd Jct Excelsior Mine Road: at Kingston Rd
Junction:
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|  Kingston
Range, seen from Kingston Road, just north of Valley Wells.
Locations: Kingston Range. |
| Other Articles: Keany Pass Road: at Kingston Road | JunctionJunction:
|  Canyon on west
side of Clark Mountain.  Pachalka Spring Locations: Clark Mountain.
Pachalka Spring. Large perennial spring on the west side of Clark Mountain, 5 miles of rough road.
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| |  View of
Shadow Valley, the Mesquite Mountains, and the Spring Mountains.
Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050420032
A few miles north of Valley Wells, Kingston Road passes through some low hills and over a low pass. From here, the is often an excellent view of Shadow Valley and the Spring Mountains.
| | Other Articles: Kessler Springs Road: at Valley Wells Interstate 15: Valley Wells
| Valley WellsJunction:
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| Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Corsetti, Frank A, and Alan J. Kaufman. 2003. Stratigraphic investigations of carbon isotope anomalies and Neoproterozoic ice ages in Death Valley, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 115(8):916-932. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Hewett, D. F. 1931. Geology and ore deposits of the Goodsprings quadrangle, Nevada. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 162.. Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/8/2008 9:40:33 AM |
