Furnace Creek Road

Eastern Mojave Vegetation	Furnace Creek Road
	Tom Schweich

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Literature Cited: - Bureau of Land Management, 2007. Other Articles: NV Hwy 264: at Furnace Ck Rd Locations: Furnace Creek.	Junction: Nevada State Route 264
	Nevada above … California below …
	Cross scarp
Fish Lake Valley and the Silver Peak Range from Furnace Creek. Locations: Furnace Creek. Fish Lake Valley. Silver Peak Range.	We stopped the vans to walk from the point that the road crosses the wash. The road itself continues only another mile further to a locked gate.
View north through Fish Lake Valley from Furnace Creek. Locations: Fish Lake Valley.	View north through Fish Lake Valley from the mouth of Furnace Creek Canyon.
	Road crosses wash
Fluff Grass (Erioneuron pulchellum) in Furnace Creek wash. Fluff Grass (Erioneuron pulchellum) in Furnace Creek wash. Locations: Furnace Creek.	Fluff Grass (Erioneuron pulchellum (Kunth) Tateoka) on a small terrace in Furnace Creek wash.
Old waterpipe in the wash at Furnace Creek. Locations: Furnace Creek.	In the wash was some old waterpipe that had been washed down from above.
Partially-developed desert pavement on terrace above Furnace Creek	The road is on the first terrace above the wash. The second terrace above the wash had a partially developed desert pavement.
Sclerocactus polyancistrus near Furnace Creek, White Mountains, California	Red-spined Fishhook Cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus) on terrace above Furnace Creek.
Location that Sclerocactus polyancistrus was found. Locations: Furnace Creek.	The Red-spined Fishhook Cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus) was found on the second terrace above the wash of Furnace Creek.
	Spring, Canyon splits.
	Canyon splits again.
	End of road, map shows springs here.
Tres Plumas Flat from the bottom of Furnace Creek. Locations: Tres Plumas Flat.	Tres Plumas Flat at the east end of Furnace Creek canyon.
	Literature Cited A list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
	Bureau of Land Management. 2007. Finding of No Significant Impact and Proposed Plan Amendment for Furnace Creek Road. Ridgecrest, CA: Bureau of Land Management, May 2007. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature: Furnace Creek, Mono County, California.
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