Eastern Mojave Vegetation Petrified Forest National Park, Apache County, Arizona.
 
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Named for the petrified trees when the park was created in 1906 to stop vandalism. Lieutenant Lorenzo Sitgreares reported the existence of the petrified trees in 1851 and Lieutant Amiel W. Whipple called the area Lithodendron Park in 1853.

On US Interstate 40, east of Holbrook, Arizona.


Elevation: 5436ft, 1657m.

Articles that refer to this location:

  • Two occurrences of Desert Elkweed Swertia albomarginata (S. Watson) Kuntze Gentianaceae in the Mid Hills, Eastern Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California: far, far, away
  • U. S. Interstate 40: at Petrified Forest Natl Park
   

Literature Referring To This Location:

  • Ash, S. R. 1987. Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Centennial Field Guide. Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America. 2: 405-410.
  • Post, Douglas M. 1956. Studies in the Gentianaceae: Frasera and Swertia of North America. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley. 1956..

Interesting Collections made at or near this location:

  Swertia albomarginata

    B. Maguire 12200
    G. E. Osterhout 6746
    R. H. Peebles and E. Q. Smith 13965

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Date and time this article was prepared:12:40:12 PM, 5/15/2008