Field Notes

Eastern Mojave Vegetation	Field Notes (Continued)
	Tom Schweich

Topics in this Article: 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Contents Literature Cited		When I first read the field notes of Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, I was fascinated by the descriptions they wrote about the places they went and the plants and animals they found there. By publishing my field notes on the Internet I hope to follow a little bit in their tradition.
		1997
		April 28, 1997
	84	Oxytheca? Chaymesce? On rocks, faulted rhyolite with Salvia mohavensis, Rhus, Barrell cactus. N 35°03.295', W 115°25.552'
	85	Salvia mohavensis. On rhyolite outcrop.
	86	Eriogonum.
	87	Salvia mohavensis.
	88	Ephedra nevadensis. Female.
	89	Ephedra nevadensis.
		Transect location, by GPS: N 35°03.464 W 115° 25.943, Altitude 1497 m.
	90	Unknown plant. Road to Lobo Point, alluvial ridge, open areas, among Junost, Colram, Erifas, and Opuaca. N 35°03.667 W 115°26.381.
	91	Coleogyne ramosissima. Lobo Point. N 35°03.069' W 115°25.406'
		April 29, 1997 Cool and windy but not cold.
		Forgot notebook, following notes transcribed.
		Dalea searlesiae on road or trail only, does not grow in blackbrush. Does grow on lip of mesa in loose soil.
		Swertia albomarginata grows west of the saddle, observed dried flower stalks, very few green plants, no plants flowering.
		Few Delphinium parishii on north rim (lip) of mesa.
	92	Turpentine smell, yellow perennial composite. N 35°02.527 W 115°27.636
	93	Wooly composite.
	94	Polygonaceae
	95	White composite.
	96	Purple phacelia.
	97	Polygonaceae shrub. North rim of Wild Horse Mesa, N 35°02.545' W 115°27.664'
	98	Coleogyne ramosissima N 35°02.594 W 115°27.654' -- Lost?
	99	Pink flowers, perennial, along trail.
	100	Amelanchier utahensis
	101	Garrya flavescens
	102	Rhamnus ilicifolia
		At the water tank, below the north slope of Wild Horse Mesa. N 35°03.182' W 115°27.472'
	103	Baccharis sergiloides
	104	Annual yellow composite.
	105	The mystery plant.
		In the wash below Winkler's cabin. Wash environment with , Purshia glandulosa, Prunus fasciculata.
	106	Coleogyne ramosissima
	107	Salvia dorrii
	108	Eriogonum fasciculatum
	109	Castilleja corymbosa
	110	Salvia dorrii
		Lobo Point Camp
	111	Lycium andersonii
	112	Purshia glandulosa
	113	Pinus monophylla
	114	Juniperus osteosperma
	115	Yucca baccata
	116	Little yellow cob-webby things.
	117	Lavender flowers.
	118	Eriophyllum wallacei
	119	Salvia columbariae
	120	Fallugia paradoxa
	121	Brickellia californica
	122	Yellow composite without ray flowers.
	123	Polygonaceae.
	124	Something stickery.
		7:30PM. Calm so far this evening, high overcast, a little breeze in the upper trees. Good day collecting, 40 specimens, one press full, another maybe tomorrow. Keckiella has very few small leaves, Krameria barren, Prunus fasciculata isn't blooming, neither is mystery plant. Saw one Calochortus kennedyi in the road to Wild Horse Mesa. Cricket just started chirping.
		April 30
		8:19am N 35°07.004' W 115°27.145' 1740 m. Ridge line of Mid Hills, southwest of Mid Hills campground. On a north facing slope with granite boulders are Pinus monophylla, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Purshia glandulosa, Ephedra viridis, Yucca baccata, Opuntia mohavensis, Opuntia acanthocarpa, Ericameria linearifolia, Rhus trilobata, and Brickellia californica.
	125	Ribes velutinum
	126	Rhamnus ilicifolia
	127	Ephedra viridis
	128	Pinto Mountain orange.
	129	Popcorn flower(?)
		1:14pm, Swertia albomarginata on white rock, ridge in canyon, N 35°10.970' W 115°23.245'
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