Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Mono Lake. Mono Lake, north of (as a collection locality). Mono Lake, northeast shore (as a col. locality). Mono Lake, north shore (as a collection locality). Mono Lake, northwest shore (as a col. locality). Mono Lake, southeast of (as a collection locality). Mono Lake, south shore (as a collection locality). Mono Lake (southwest sector). Mono Lake, west of (as a collection locality).

See also: Danburg Ranch. Lake Russell. Mono Basin. Mono Lake County Park. Navy Beach. Old Marina. South Tufa Area. Wilson Creek.

Elevation: 6378ft.

Articles that refer to this location:

• Cemetery Road, Forest Road 02N40, Mono County, California: at Mono Lake County Park; 
• Cowtrack Mountain Road, Mono County, California: at top of mtn; 
• Forest Road 01N44 “Southwest Shore Road,” Mono County, California: at road to Old Marina; 
• Test Station Road, Mono County, California: near South Tufa;  at historical plaque; 
• Field Notes: 25-Jun-07 on Cowtrack Mtn;  12 Oct 2024; 
• A Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: Mark Twain; 
• U. S. Highway 395: at Picnic Grounds Road; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Anonymous [Elizabeth Pierce]. 2011. Columbia University Graduate Student Field Trip to Mono Lake, CA, Field Guide. http://eesc.columbia.edu/files/uploaded/file/FieldTrips/monolake2009/MonoLakeFieldGuide.pdf, accessed 3 March 2015.
• Browne, J. Ross. 1863-1865. J. Ross Browne's Illustrated Mining Adventures, 1863-1865. Balboa Island, California: Paisano Press, 1861. {TAS} Selected articles about Browne's visits to Aurora, Bodie, Mono Lake, Walker River, Reese River, Lost Mines, New Almaden, and Santa Cruz.
• Browne, J. Ross. 1863. A Trip to Bodie Bluff and the Dead Sea of the West -- in 1863. Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Olympic Valley, California: Outbooks, 1978. {TAS}
• Jayko, A.S., P. E. Hart, J. R. Childs, M. H. Cormier, D. A. Ponce, N. A. Athens, and J. S. McClain. 2013. Methods and spatial extent of geophysical Investigations, Mono Lake, California, 2009 to 2011. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1113. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1113/
• Jehl, Joseph R. 1983. Tufa Formation at Mono Lake. California Geology. 36(1):3. {TAS} Gives anecdotal evidence for rate of growth of tufa towers.
• Johnson, Stephen. 1983. At Mono Lake. San Francisco, California: Friends of the Earth Foundation, 1983. {TAS} Catalog assembled for a traveling exhibition of photographs of Mono Lake.
• Li, Hong-Chun, The-Lung Ku, and Lowell D. Stott. 1997. Stable isotope studies on Mono Lake (California). 1. d¹⁸O in lake sediments as proxy for climatic change during the last 150 years. Limnology and Oceanography. 43(2):230-238. {TAS-pdf}
• McNutt, Steve, William Bryant, and Rick Wilson. 1991. Mono Lake Earthquake of October 23, 1990. California Geology. 44(2):27-32. {TAS}
• Melack, J. M., and R. Jellison. 1998. Limnological conditions in Mono Lake; contrasting monomixis and meromixis in the 1990s. Hydrobiologia. 384: 21-39.
• National Research Council (U.S.). 1897. Mono Basin Ecosystem: Effects of Changing Lake Levels. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1987. {TAS}
• Pelagos Corporation. 1987. A bathymetric and geologic survey of Mono Lake, California for Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles, California. San Diedo, CA: Pelagos Corporation.
• Raumann, Christian G., Scott Stine, Alexander Evans, and Jerry Wilson. 2002. Digital Bathymetric Model of Mono Lake, California. Miscellanrous Field Studies Map MF-2393. Menlo Park, California: U. S. Geological Survey, 2002. {TAS-pdf}
• Scholl, David W., Roland Von Huene, Pierre Saint-Aand, and James B. Ridlon. 1967. Age and Origin of Topography Beneath Mono Lake, a Remnant Pleistocene Lkae, California. Geological Society of Aerica Bulletin. 78: 583-600. {TAS-PDF}
• Stine, S. 1990. Late Holocene fluctuations of Mono Lake, eastern California. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology. 78: 333-381.
• Tierney, Timothy. 2011. Geology of the Mono Basin, Revised 2010. Lee Vining, CA: Kutsavi Press, Mono Lake Committee, 2011. {TAS}
• Tomascak, P. B., N. G. Hemming, and S. R. Hemming. 1999. Lithium Isotope Geochemostry of Mono Lake, California. Ninth Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference. {TAS-pdf}
• Twain, Mark. 1872. Roughing It. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1872.
• Winkler, David W. 1977. An Ecological Study of Mono Lake, California. Institute of Ecology Publication No. 12. Davis, California: University of California, June 1977. {TAS}
• Young, James A, and Charlie D. Clements. 2002. Purshia: the wild and bitter roses. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 2002. {TAS}

Area Plant Lists that contain this location:

• Area Plant List for Mono Basin.

Species collected at or near this location.

This list summarizes plants collected or observed at this specific, named location. It does not include plants collected or observed at nearby named or unnamed locations. It may be more instructive to use the Area Lists that contain this location.

• TAS – The plant was collected by Tom Schweich.
• Oth – The plant was collected by someone, but not Tom.
• Obs – The plant was observed, but not collected.

Cupressaceae

Juniperus osteosperma (Torrey) Little. Utah Juniper (Oth)

Pinaceae

Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf. Jeffrey Pine (Oth)

Apiaceae

Oenantheae

Cicuta douglasii (DC.) J. M. Coult. & Rose. Western Water Hemlock (Oth)

Asteraceae

Anthemideae

Artemisiinae

Artemisia tridentata Nutt. tridentata. Big Sagebrush (Oth)

Astereae

Solidagininae

Solidago spectabilis (D. C. Eaton) A. Gray. Basin Goldenrod (Oth)

Helenieae

Psathyrotinae

Psathyrotes annua (Nutt.) A. Gray. Annual Psathyrotes (Oth)

Madieae

Hulseinae

Hulsea vestita A. Gray. Pumice Alpinegold (Oth)

Senecioneae

Senecio hydrophiloides Rydb. Tall Groundsel (Oth)

Tetradymia glabrata Torrey & A. Gray. Littleleaf Horsebrush (Oth)

Boraginaceae

Phacelia bicolor Torr. ex S. Watson bicolor. Two-Color Phacelia (Oth)

Tiquilia nuttallii (Hook.) A. T. Richardson. Nuttall's Crinklemat (Oth)

Chenopodiaceae

Bassia hyssopifolia (Pall.) Kuntze. Bassia (Oth)

Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. Spiny Hop Sage (Oth)

Suaeda calceoliformis (Hook.) Moquin. Pursh Seepweed (Oth)

Cleomaceae

Cleomella parviflora A. Gray. Slender Cleomella (Oth)

Fabaceae

Lupinus lepidus Douglas ex Lindl. confertus (Kellogg) C. P. Sm. Crowded Lupine (Oth)

Phrymaceae

Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. Skunky Monkey Flower (Oth)

Polemoniaceae

Aliciella leptomeria (A. Gray) J.M. Porter. Sand Gilia (Oth)

Polygonaceae

Eriogonum elatum Douglas ex Benth. elatum. Tall Woolly Buckwheat (Oth)

Rumex acetosella L. Sheep Sorrel (Oth)

Rosaceae

Amygdaloideae

Amygdaleae

Prunus andersonii A. Gray. Desert Peach (Oth)

Dryadoideae

Dryadeae

Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. tridentata. Antelope Bitterbrush (Oth)

Salicaceae

Salix × rubens Schrank. Hybrid Crack Willow (Oth)

Salix boothii Dorn. Booth's Willow (Oth)

Sarcobataceae

Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood (Oth)

Cyperaceae

Amphiscirpus nevadensis (S. Watson) Oteng-Yeb. Nevada Bulrush (Oth)

Carex aurea Nutt. Golden Sedge (Oth)

Carex douglasii Boott. Douglas Sedge (Oth)

Carex nebrascensis Dewey. Nebraska Sedge (Oth)

Poaceae

Cynodonteae

Distichlis spicata (L.) E. Greene. Saltgrass (Oth)

Poeae

Puccinellia nuttalliana (Schult.) Hitchc. Nuttall's Alkali Grass (Oth)

Stipeae

Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult. Indian Rice Grass (Oth)

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Date and time this article was prepared:8:04:30 PM, 3/11/2026.