Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tres Alamos Wash, Cochise County, Arizona.
 
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Query: G.N.I.S.

Wash north of Benson.

An "álamo" is a Poplar tree, which in the American Southwest could also be a Cottonwood. So presumably, this would be "Three Cottonwoods Wash." An "álamo temblón" is a Aspen, commonly known as a quaking aspen.


Elevation: 3405ft, 1038m.

Articles that refer to this location:

  • Three Links Road [Cascabel Road], Cochise County, Arizona: at Tres Alamos Wash
  • Two occurrences of Desert Elkweed Swertia albomarginata (S. Watson) Kuntze Gentianaceae in the Mid Hills, Eastern Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California: at Hookers Hot Springs
 
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Date and time this article was prepared:10:51:31 AM, 11/23/2008