Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Mono Lake.

The geographic coordinates given by the GNIS (37.9454818, -119.0198675) place this location about 500 meters off shore north of Navy Beach. I have moved it back on shore and slightly more to the west, to the center of the largest section of tufa.

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Elevation: 6378ft, 1944m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• California Highway 120: near Panum Crater; 
• Test Station Road, Mono County, California: near South Tufa; 
• Field Notes: 23 Sep 06 near Panum Crater;  20070801130;  20070801140;  201007091551;  9 Jul 2010;  14 Jul 2010;  4 Oct 2013;  Thursday, June 25th;  25 Jun 2015;  12 Oct 2024; 
• A Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: Warm Springs; 

Area Plant Lists that contain this location:

• Area Plant List for Mono Basin.

Fresh water spring with new tufa	Birdwatchers at South Tufa.	Torrey's Blazing-Star (Mentzelia torreyi) at South Tufa.	Mandated Lake Level, October 4, 2013	Demonstration of tufa precipitation at South Tufa
Tufa towers in late afternoon sun.	South Tufa Area from a small hill near Panum Crater.	Mandated Lake Level, June 25	South tufa in June 2015.	“The Pirate Ship” at South Tufa
Mandated Lake Level, October 12, 2024	Visitors at South Tufa.	View of Lundy Canyon and Copper Mountain from South Tufa.

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.

Asteraceae

Anthemideae

Artemisiinae

Artemisia tridentata Nutt. tridentata. Big Sagebrush (Oth) CC:4

Astereae

Solidagininae

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. axillaris (D. D. Keck) L. C. Anderson. Yellow Rabbitbrush (Oth) CC:?

Loasaceae

Mentzelia torreyi A. Gray. Torrey's Blazing Star (Obs) CC:?

Sarcobataceae

Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood (TAS+Oth) CC:?

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Date and time this article was prepared:3:15:34 PM, 8/1/2026.