Eastern Mojave Vegetation Colorado, Pike-San Isabel Forest, Forest Road 435  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  Forest road along Salt Creek.
 

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Junction: Forest Road 435.4B

 

Junction: Forest Road 435.4c

Other articles:
• Forest Road 436:   at FR 435;
• Field Notes:   16 Aug 2021;  

Junction: Forest Road 436, up over the hill into Chaffee County, Chubb Park, and the Trout Creek drainage.

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Junction of Forest Roads 435 and 436.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  18 Jul 2022;

Locations: Salt Creek.  

When I visited the area in July 2022, there was a work crew installing artificial beaver ponds.

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Artificial beaver ponds constructed on Salt Creek.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 3319, 22 July 2024;  

Asclepias, maybe A. hallii in a road cut.

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Coll. No. 3319, Asclepias, maybe A. hallii.
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Coll. No. 3319, Asclepias hallii.
 

North Salt Creek Trailhead: Salt Creek Trail

Other articles:
• Hymenoxis richardsonii:  Coll. No. 2564, 12 Jul 2021;
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 2562, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2563, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2564, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2565, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2566, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2567, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2568, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2569, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2570, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2571, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2572, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2573, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2574, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2575, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2576, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2577, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2578, 12 Jul 2021;  Coll. No. 2687, 16 Aug 2021;  Coll. No. 2697, 16 Aug 2021;

Locations: Salt Creek.  

Collecting locality, 12 July 2021

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Habitat of Coll. No. 2687, Gutierrezia sarothrae
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Coll. No. 2697, Cryptantha sp. growing beside a log.
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Coll. No. 2562, Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
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Coll. No. 2563, Oreocarya thyrsiflora
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Coll. No. 2564, Hymenoxys richardsonii var. floribunda
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Coll. No. 2565, Ipomopsis aggregata var. candida
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Coll. No. 2575, Penstemon virgatus var.asa-grayi
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Coll. No. 2576, Oxytropis sericea
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Coll. No. 2577, Astragalus tenellus
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Coll. No. 2578, Danthonia californica
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Coll. No. 2566, Oenothera coronopifolia
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Coll. No. 2577, Astragalus tenellus

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   22 July 2024;  

Old large beaver dam-meadow on south side of creek.

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Artificial beaver dam on salt creek.

Other articles:
CLOSED Forest Road 435A:   at FR 435;  

Junction: CLOSED Forest Road 435A

Locations: Salt Creek.  

Cross Salt Creek

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  17 Jul 2023;  

Signs on the fence.

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State Land Trust sign on fence along Forest Road 435 “Salt Creek Road.”

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   16 Aug 2021;  

Top of small rise where I had to stop and pee.

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(Valley of) Salt Creek
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(Valley of) Salt Creek with Buffalo Peaks in the distance.

Other articles:
• US Highway 285:   at FR 435;  

Junction: US Highway 285

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Date and time this article was prepared: 4/24/2026 5:03:05 PM