Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | U. S. Interstate 40 |
| Tom Schweich |
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| Other Articles: Interstate 15: at US I-40 Locations: Barstow. | BarstowJunction:
California city, crossroads for early emigrant trails, railroads and highways in the California Desert, on the Mojave River. Once a small mining center and railroad town in California's Mojave Desert, Barstow is located at the junction of 3 major highways -- Interstate 15, Interstate 40 and State Highway 58. It is centrally located in the western Mojave at the entrance to the Mojave National Preserve and is home of the U.S. Army National Training Center, Marine Corps Logistics Base, NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Network and Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad Yards. Population is 21,500 and elevation is 2,106 feet above sea level. |
 View of Mojave Valley from Dagget Ridge
| | Literature Cited: Locations: Lavic. Lavic south of the
highway. | Psorothamnus fremontii (A. Gray) Barneby, Fremont's Indigo Bush, from near Lavic was studied by Adams and York (2005). This is also a location where Castela emoryi (Gray) Moran and Felger (Crucifixion Thorn) is found. Rockhounds also search for Jasper here. | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040419050 Tonopah & Tidewater: Ludlow U. S. Highway 66: in Ludlow | LudlowLudlow is the last stop for gas for eastbound travelers, until you get to Needles. Stop here for gas if you are planning a visit to Mojave National Park. | Locations: Old Dad Mountains.
Old Dad Mountains to the north. |
| Other Articles: Kelbaker Road: at US I-40 Junction: Kelbaker
Road, north to the Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center, aka Granite Mountains Reserve, north to Kelso and Baker.
| | Locations: Marble Mountains.
Marble Mountains to the south. |
| Other Articles: Essex Road: at US I-40 Junction: Essex
Road, northwest into Mojave National Preserve, or southeast to Essex (no services) and US Highway 66, the National Old Trails Highway.
| | Other Articles: Goffs Road: Fenner U. S. Highway 66: at Fenner
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| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 95: 57000 Junction: U. S. Highway 95,
north to Las Vegas. | | Literature Cited: Other Articles: Field Notes: Homer, September 22, 2000 Locations: Needles. | Needles
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California above … | Cross Colorado River Arizona below …
| Other Articles: Arizona Highway 95: in Topock | TopockJunction: Arizona Highway 95, north to Bullhead City. | Other Articles: Arizona Highway 95: near the middle of nowhere Junction: Arizona
Highway 95, south through Lake Havasu City, to Parker and Quartzsite.
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| Yucca
| Literature Cited: Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: in the Hualapai Mtns Locations: Hualapai Mountains.
Hualapai Mountains to the east. | Shreve may have collected Swertia albomarginata in the Hualapai Mountains. | Other Articles: Eastern Mojave Geology: 320000 Locations: Kingman.
| Kingman
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 66: at US I-40 Junction: Arizona
Highway 66, following the old route of US Highway 66 through Peach Springs.
| | Literature Cited: Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: in the Hualapai Mtns Locations: Hualapai Mountains.
Hualapai Mountains to the south. | Shreve may have collected Swertia albomarginata in the Hualapai Mountains. | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 66: at US I-40 Exit 121 | SeligmanJunction: Arizona Highway 66 | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 66: at US I-40 Exit 123 Junction: Arizona
Highway 66 | | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 66: at US I-40 Exit 139 Junction: Arizona
Highway 66 | |
| Ash Fork
| Other Articles: Arizona Highway 89: at US I-40 Junction: Arizona
Highway 89, south to Prescott, and then US Highway 93 near Wickenburg.
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| Williams
| Other Articles: Arizona Highway 64: at US I-40 Junction: Arizona
Highway 64, north to the Grand Canyon. |
| Other Articles: Arizona Highway Alternate-89: in Flagstaff US Highway 180: Flagstaff U. S. Hwy 89: somewhere in Flagstaff US Interstate 17: at US I-40 Locations: Flagstaff. | FlagstaffJunctions:
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| Holbrook, Arizona | Literature Cited: Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: at Petrified Forest Natl Pk Locations: Petrified Forest National Park. | Petrified Forest National ParkThere are three collections of Swertia albomarginata from Petrified Forest National Park. |
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| Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Adams, James D., and Dana A. York. 2005. Psorothamnus fremontii and Psorothamnus arborescens (Fabaceae) in California. Madroño. 52(4):258-261. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Post, Douglas M. 1956. Studies in the Gentianaceae: Frasera and Swertia of North America. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley. 1956.. Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Poulson, Simon R., and Barbara E. John. 2003. Stable isotope and trace element geochemistry of the basal Bouse Formation carbonate, southwestern United States: Implications for the Pliocene uplift history of the Colorado Plateau. GSA Bulletin. 115(4):434-444. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Sanders, Andrew C. n.d.. Crucifixion Thorn. {TAS-pdf} http://www/blm.gov/ca/pdfs/cdd_pdfs/crucif1/pdf If you have a question or a comment you may
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/15/2008 12:36:18 PM |