Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | U. S. Highway 6 |
| Tom Schweich |
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| Other Articles: US Highway 191: 57800 Interstate 70: at US Hwy 191 N
Junction: US Interstate 70, just west of Green River, Utah.
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Desert Siding | | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: at Beckwith Plateau Locations: Beckwith Plateau. Beckwith Plateau to
the east. | |
Cross Price River | |
Woodside | |
Locations: Summerville Wash.
Summerville Wash empties into Price River. |
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Horse Canyon Road | | Other Articles: US Highway 191: at Drill Road Drill Road: at US Hwy 6
Junction: Drill Road |
| Other Articles: US Highway 191: at Sunnyside Junction Locations: Sunnyside Junction. | Sunnyside Junction | Other Articles: US Highway 191: at Mounds Road Mounds Road: at US Hwy 6
Junction: Mounds Road |
| Other Articles: US Highway 191: at Helper Locations: Helper.
| Helper
| Other Articles: US Highway 191: 54600 Junction: US
Highway 191, north to Vernal, south to US I-70 |
| Locations: Castle Gate.
| Castle Gate
| Other Articles: UT Highway 96: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Utah
Highway 96, to Scofield Reservoir, Clear Creek, and Miller Canyon, where Marcus E. Jones collected Swertia albomarginata.
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| DeltaDelta
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 50: between Ely and Delta | Note: From Ely, Nevada to Delta, Utah, U. S. Highway 6 and U. S. Highway 50 share the same route. Please jump to U. S. Highway 50 for commentary. | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: in vicinity of Ely U. S. Highway 93: at US Hwy 6 U. S. Highway 50: at US Hwy 6 W Locations: Ely.
| ElyJunction:
| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Murray Summit Locations: Murray Summit. | Murray SummitElevation 7,323 ft.Swertia albomarginata collected hear here, UC1434030.
| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Murray Summit Locations: Lion Spring Wash.
Crossing Lion Spring Wash | |
Junction: National Forest Road 455 | This road accesses Lower Terrace and Upper Terrace, by way of Lion Spring Wash. There is at at least one collection of Swertia albomarginata made along this road. | Locations: White Sage Wash.
Crossing White Sage Wash | | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: on Ward Mountain Locations: Ward Mountain. Ward Mountain, to the east, in the
north part of the Egan Range. | There is an Edmund Jaeger collection of Swertia albomarginata from Ward Mountain. |
Junction: Headhouse Road | This looks like a good road to use for Lower and Upper Terrace. |
There is a landstrip just south of the junction with Headhouse Road.
| | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 318: at US Hwy 6 Junction: NV Hwy
318, south through the White River Valley to US Highway 93 near Hiko, Nevada.
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Cross Nye County Route 10, also apparently known as "Long Valley Road." The USGS identifies this as Ellison Creek.
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National Forest Road 405 to White River Campground and Currant Mountain Wilderness.
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Cross the White River. | | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near White River A. Thiem collected Swertia
albomarginata in the hills east of the highway. |
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White Pine County above … | Nye County below …
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| Currant Summit
| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Currant Locations: Currant Summit. | Currant Summit
| Literature Cited: Locations: White Pine Range. White Pine Mountains
are north of US Highway 6 between Currant and Currant Summit. | Kartesz (1988) states that Swertia albomarginata is found in the White Pine Range. | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Currant Nevada State Route 379: Currant Locations: Currant.
| CurrantJunction: Nevada State Route 379David D. Keck collected Swertia albomarginata east of Currant. | Other Articles: Wells Station Road: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Wells
Station Road, southeast through the northern Grant Range, to Wells Station Summit, and then across the White River Valley to Nevada State Route 318 between Sunnyside and Lund.
| | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 375: Warm Springs | Warm SpringsJunction:
Hot Creek Range to the north; Kawich Range to the south. |
The White River is to the southeast of the highway. |
| Other Articles: Railroad Valley Road: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Railroad
Valley Road, south, down the east side of Railroad Valley Road, to NV State Route 375.
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| Monitor Range
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| Ralston Valley
| Literature Cited: | San Antonio Mountains"Near Tonopah along the southern rim of the Great Basin Desert, shadscale forms an ecotone separating the creosote and sagebrush zones where winters are too cold for creosote bush and where the climate is, too dry for sagebrush. Here shadscale with a clear tolerance for extremes in temperature. aridity and salty soil than either of these two dominant plants looks out over the shimmering heat waves rising from the Mojave Desert (Trimble, 1989)." | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 378: 60000 Junction: Nevada
Highway 378, north through the Big Smoky Valley to US Highway 50.
| | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 95: at US Hwy 6 Locations: Tonopah. | TonopahJunction: US Highway 95, south to Las Vegas. |  Main street
of Tonopah. Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-06 in Tonopah | | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 89: 90000 Junction: Nevada State Route
89, north to Gabbs. | |  View of
Tonopah from the west. Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-06 near Tonopah | |
Between Tonopah and Coaldale, U. S. Hwy 6 and U. S. Hwy 96 share a route.
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| Big Smokey Valley | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 265: at Blair Junction | Blair JunctionJunction: Nevada Highway 265, south to Silver Peak.
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 95: at US Hwy 6 West | CoaldaleJunction: US Highway 95, north to such garden spots as Mina, Luning, and Hawthorne.
| Locations: Columbus Salt Marsh. | Columbus Salt Marsh
| Other Articles: NV Hwy 773: 10000 Junction: Nevada State Route
773, south to NV State Route 264 in Fish Lake Valley. |
| Literature Cited: Locations: The Gap. Approximately 3 miles south is "The
Gap" through which Fish Lake Valley drains into Columbus Salt Marsh.
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Mountains and Volcanic Hills across Columbus Salt Marsh
Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-06 at Columbus Salt Marsh Locations: Volcanic Hills. White Mountains.
The Volcanic Hills could be seen to the south. The west edge of Columbus Salt Marsh to the north. The White Mountains could be seen in the distance, with Montgomery Peak and Boundary Peak the higher peaks on the right.
| | Other Articles: NV Hwy 264: 10000 Junction: Nevada
Highway 264, south through Fish Lake Valley. |
| Other Articles: Nevada State Route 360: 90000
Junction: Nevada State Route 360, north and east to US Highway 95. | Populated place of Basalt to the south. | Literature Cited: Locations: Montgomery Pass.
| Montgomery Pass
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Highway 6 north through Queen Valley to Montgomery Pass
Locations: Queen Valley. |
|  Boundary Peak (left) and Montgomery Peak (right) from Queen Valley.
Locations: Montgomery Peak. Boundary Peak.
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Nevada | California | Literature Cited: Other Articles: California Highway 120: at US Hwy 6 Locations: Benton. | BentonJunction: California Highway 120, east to Lee Vining, and over Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park. |
 The White Mountains as seen from US Highway 6 in Chalfant Valley.
Other Articles: Field Notes: 17-Jul-05 Locations: Chalfant Valley.
Between Bishop and Benton, US Highway 6 passes through the Chalfant Valley, west of the White Mountains.
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Mono County | Inyo County
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train at the Laws Railroad Museum. Other Articles: Field Notes: 17-Jul-05 at Laws Locations: Laws. | LawsLocation of the Laws Railroad Museum. The Highway bypasses the town of Laws. To enter the town you must turn off at Silver Canyon Road. | Other Articles: Silver Canyon Road: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Silver
Canyon Road, turn here for the Laws Railroad Museum. | Also at this intersection is California Historical Landmark No. 230
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 395: in Bishop Locations: Bishop. | BishopJunction: US Hwy 395This appears to be the end of US Hwy 6 in California. It has been replaced by California Highway 14, that begins in Inyokern, and ends at the junction with Interstate 5 in San Fernando. | | Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Billeb, Emil B. 1968. Mining Camp Days. Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1968. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Kartesz, John Thomas. 1988. A flora of Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno, 1988.. Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Reheis, Marith C., Janet L Slate, Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, and Charles E. Meyer. 1993. A late Pliocene to middle Pleistocene pluvial lake in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada and California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 105: 953-967. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Stockli, Daniel F., Trevor A. Dumitru, Michael O. McWilliams, and Kenneth A. Farley. 2003. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the White Mountains, California and Nevada. GSA Bulletin. 115(7):788-816. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Trimble, Stephen. 1989. The Sagebrush Ocean. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/15/2008 12:36:04 PM |