Eastern Mojave Vegetation Smith Talc Road - Eastern Mojave Desert  
 

Tom Schweich  
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• Mesquite Valley Road:  40000;  

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Kingston Range from the northwest.
  • Mesquite Valley Road

Locations: Kingston Range.  
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Canyon in the Kingston Mountains.
In May 1998, I hiked up into this canyon in search of Kingston Mountains Ivesia (Ivesia patellifera). The purpose was to collect a fresh specimen for DNA studies by Barbara Ertter who studies this genus. It took me over an hour to climb up the boulder-strewn and rattlesnake-infested wash to the place shown here. Unfortunately, I chickened out when faced with climbing the slick rock face on the left.

Back in the Herbarium, looking at this picture, we decided that I had walked right past the Ivesia, and didn't see it. Oh well ... maybe next year.

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Beck Spring Mine  

 The mine at Beck Spring in the Kingston Range.

Locations: Beck Spring.  

  

Other articles:
• Excelsior Mine Road:   at Smith Talc Road;  

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  • Excelsior Mine Road
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Date and time this article was prepared: 4/4/2026 7:45:12 PM