Eastern Mojave Vegetation Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.
 
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See also: Grass Canyon. Lobo Point. Rustler Canyon. Watson Wash.

See also: Burro Canyon. Hole-in-the-Wall. Woods Mountains Guzzler.

Small mountain range in the central part of Mojave National Preserve, just east of Hole-in-the-Wall.

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Literature Referring To This Location:

  • McCurry, Michael O. 1985. The Petrology of the Woods Mountains Volcanic Center, San Bernardino County, California. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles..
  • McCurry, Michael. 1988. Geology and Petrology of the Woods Mountains Volcanic Center, Southeastern California: Implications for the Genesis of Peralkaline Rhyolite Ash Flow Tuffs. Journal of Geophysical Research. 93(B12):14,835-14,855.
  • McCurry, Michael, Daniel R. Lux, and Kevin L. Mickus. 1995. Neogene structural evolution of the Woods Mountains Volcanic Center, East Mojave National Scenic Area. Ancient Surfaces of the East Mojave Desert: A volume and field trip guide prepared in conjunction with the 1995 Desert Research Symposium. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly. 42(3).

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Linda Houser looking at the Woods Mountains from Barber Mountain.
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Scrambling down a fry fall in the Woods Mountains.
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Tafoni in the Woods Mountains.
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Rock shelter on the south slopes of Woods Mountains.
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Woods Mountains above the rock shelter.
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Very tall Yucca baccata in the woods Mountains.
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Looking at petroglyphs in Woods Wash.
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Canyon in northeast Woods Mountains.
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Road into the northeast corner of the Woods Mountains.
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Table Top from the northeast Woods Mountains.
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Julie, Kirstin, and Matt getting ready to hike at the Woods Mountains.
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Gopher Snake in the Woods Mountains.
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Group on Rosen's Roost
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Ed Schaup at Woods Wash.
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Petroglyphs at the south end of the Woods Mountains.
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Stu and Roy at the petroglyphs on Woods Wash.
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Rock shelter in the Woods Mountains.
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View north from US Interstate 40.
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Hiking in the Woods Mountains
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Moonrise over the Woods Mountains.
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Petroglyphs.

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

Heliantheae

Ambrosiinae

Ambrosia salsola (Torr. & A. Gray) Strother & B. G. Baldwin salsola. Cheese Bush (TAS) CC:?

Boraginaceae

Phacelia fremontii Torr. Fremont's Phacelia (TAS) CC:?

Fabaceae

Acmispon rigidus (Benth.) Brouillet. Desert Rock Pea (TAS) CC:?

Lamiaceae

Salazaria mexicana Torrey. Mexican Bladder Sage (TAS) CC:?

Polemoniaceae

Gilia. Gilia (TAS) CC:?

Solanaceae

Nicotiana obtusifolia Martens & Galeotti. Desert Tobacco (TAS) CC:?

Physalis crassifolia Benth. Thick Leaved Ground Cherry (TAS) CC:?

Verbenaceae

Verbena gooddingii Briq. Southwestern Mock Vervain (TAS) CC:?

Asparagaceae

Brodiaeoideae

Brodiaeae

Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood capitatum. Bluedicks (TAS) CC:?

Total number of taxa: 9
Native Taxa:
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8
Exotic Taxa:
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0
Nativity Undetermined:
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1
Listed Weeds:
Identified as Weed
0
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Date and time this article was prepared:5:21:29 PM, 4/24/2026.