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Piper Mountain Wilderness
The Piper Mountain Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the White Mountains northeast of Big Pine, California in Inyo County, California. The Wilderness Area was created by the 1994 California Desert Protection Act, and encompasses of Great Basin wildlands, east of the Owens Valley and west of the Eureka Valley. Geography There are three separate units of the wilderness, separated by vehicle corridors, with elevations from to . The landscape is characterized by steep mountains, narrow canyons, sloping alluvial fans and level floodplains. It includes a subrange of the Inyo Mountains called the Chocolate Mountains, a northwestern section of the Last Chance Range and the upper end of Eureka Valley which is immediately north of Death Valley National Park. The highest peaks of the wilderness are in the Chocolate Mountains and include Mount Nunn (7,815 feet) and Lime Hill (6,532 feet). The wilderness's namesake Piper Mountain (labeled 'Chocol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine United States Minor Outlying Islands, Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in Compact of Free Association, free association with three Oceania, Pacific Island Sovereign state, sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Palau, Republic of Palau. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders Canada–United States border, with Canada to its north and Mexico–United States border, with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Route 168
Route 168, or Highway 168, may refer to: Canada * Prince Edward Island Route 168 Costa Rica * National Route 168 Japan * Japan National Route 168 United States * U.S. Route 168 (former) * Alabama State Route 168 * Arkansas Highway 168 * California State Route 168 * Connecticut Route 168 * Georgia State Route 168 * Illinois Route 168 (former) * Indiana State Road 168 * K-168 (Kansas highway) * Kentucky Route 168 * Louisiana Highway 168 * Maine State Route 168 * Maryland Route 168 * Massachusetts Route 168 * M-168 (Michigan highway) * Missouri Route 168 * Nevada State Route 168 * New Jersey Route 168 * New York State Route 168 * North Carolina Highway 168 * Ohio State Route 168 * Pennsylvania Route 168 * South Dakota Highway 168 * Tennessee State Route 168 * Texas State Highway 168 ** Texas State Highway Loop 168 ** Farm to Market Road 168 * Utah State Route 168 * Virginia State Route 168 * Washington State Route 168 * Wisconsin Highway 168 ;Territories: * Puerto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Funereus
''Astragalus funereus'' is an uncommon species of milkvetch known by the common names Funeral Mountain milkvetch and black milkvetch. The Latin name ''funereus'' and common name "Funeral Mountain milkvetch" refers to a population in the Funeral Mountains of Death Valley in California. It is native to the Mojave Desert scrub of eastern California and western Nevada. Description ''Astragalus funereus'' is a small tufted perennial herb coated densely in stiff hairs. The stems are up to 8 centimeters long. The short leaves are made up of several hairy oval-shaped leaflets growing close together. The inflorescence contains up to 10 flowers and is covered in black hairs. The flowers are 2 to 3 centimeters long and pink and purple streaked. The fruit is a compressed, lance-shaped legume A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agricultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yucca Brevifolia
''Yucca brevifolia'' is a plant species belonging to the genus '' Yucca''. It is tree-like in habit, which is reflected in its common names: Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca. This monocotyledonous tree is native to the arid Southwestern United States, specifically California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, and to northwestern Mexico It is confined mostly to the Mojave Desert between elevation. It thrives in the open grasslands of Queen Valley and Lost Horse Valley in Joshua Tree National Park. Other regions with large populations of the tree can be found northeast of Kingman, Arizona in Mohave County; and along U.S. 93 between the towns of Wickenburg and Wikieup, a route which has been designated the Joshua Tree Parkway of Arizona. The common name Joshua tree apparently comes from Christian iconography. Taxonomy The Joshua tree is also called ''izote de desierto'' (Spanish, "desert dagger"). It was first formally described in the botanical literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juniperus Californica
''Juniperus californica'', the California juniper, is a species of juniper native to southwestern North America. Description ''Juniperus californica'' is a shrub or small tree reaching , but rarely up to tall. The bark is ashy gray, typically thin, and appears to be "shredded". The shoots are fairly thick compared to most junipers, between in diameter. The foliage is bluish-gray and scale-like. The juvenile leaves (on the seedlings) are needle-like and long. Arranged in opposite decussate pairs or whorls of three, the adult leaves are scale-like, long on lead shoots and broad. The cones are berrylike, in diameter, blue-brown with a whitish waxy bloom, turning reddish-brown, and contain a single seed (rarely two or three). The seeds are mature in about 8 or 9 months. The male cones are long and shed their pollen in early spring. This juniper is largely dioecious, producing cones of only one sex, but around 2% of plants are monoecious, with both sexes on the same plant. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-leaf Pinyon
''Pinus monophylla'', the single-leaf pinyon, (alternatively spelled piñon) is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to North America. The range is in southernmost Idaho, western Utah, Arizona, southwest New Mexico, Nevada, eastern and southern California and northern Baja California. It occurs at moderate altitudes from , rarely as low as and as high as . It is widespread and often abundant in this region, forming extensive open woodlands, often mixed with junipers in the Pinyon-juniper woodland plant community. Single-leaf pinyon is the world's only one-needled pine.Gerry Moore et al. 2008 Description Species ''Pinus monophylla'' is a small to medium size tree, reaching tall and with a trunk diameter of up to rarely more. The bark is irregularly furrowed and scaly. The leaves ('needles') are, uniquely for a pine, usually single (not two or more in a fascicle, though trees with needles in pairs are found occasionally), stout, long, and grey-green to strongly glaucous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ephedra Californica
''Ephedra californica'' is a species of '' Ephedra'', known by the common names California jointfir, California ephedra, desert tea, Mormon tea, and ''cañatillo''. Distribution The plant is native to many diverse areas of central and southern California, Baja California, and west Arizona. It grows in varied scrub and open habitats, including chaparral, arid grassland, and Creosote scrub.Jepson . accessed 1.10.2013 It is found at elevations from .Flora of North America . accessed 1.10.2013 Regions and landforms of distribution include: * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forestiera Pubescens
''Forestiera pubescens'', commonly known as stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, or Texas forsythia is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southwestern United States (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California) and northern Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ....Nuttall, Thomas. 1837. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 5(6[2/nowiki>): 177, ''Forestiera pubescens''/ref> References External linksSouthwest Colorado WildflowersForestiera">pubescens Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of the California desert regions Flora of the Great Basin Plants described i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purshia Stansburiana
''Purshia stansburyana'' is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name Stansbury's cliffrose. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in woodlands, desert, and plateau habitat. It often grows anchored on cliffs and prefers rocky, granular soils, especially limestone. Orthography The species name was originally spelled ''P. stansburiana'', but due to a 2006 rule change under the ICBN, the last letter has been restored since the plant was named in honor of Howard Stansbury. Description ''Purshia stansburyana'' is a shrub generally growing up to about one to three meters tall, known to approach 4 meters to up to 8 meters in exceptional circumstances, becoming somewhat treelike. It easily hybridizes with other '' Purshia'' species. It is covered in shreddy bark. The small, very thick, glandular leaves are divided into several lobes which may be divided into sub-lobes. The leaves on the upper side are dotted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetradymia Axillaris
''Tetradymia axillaris'' is a flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names longspine horsebrush and cottonthorn. This is a plant of the sagebrush and desert plant communities of the southwestern United States. The plant forms a sprawling thicket and is very spiny. The green leaves dry and their tissues fall away, leaving the veins as hard, sharp spines. When in foliage the bush has green, hairy stems and bears yellow daisylike flowerheads in the axils, or angles, of the newest branches. The fruits are released in masses of cottony seed. There are two varieties of the species, var. ''axillaris'' and var. ''longispina''. They grow together in some areas and there their characteristics may intergrade.''Tetradymia axillaris''. Flora of North America. The sharp spines were used as [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atriplex Confertifolia
''Atriplex confertifolia'', the shadscale or spiny saltbush, is a species of evergreen shrub in the family Amaranthaceae, which is native to the western United States and northern Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate .... Description The height of ''Atriplex confertifolia'' varies from . Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for domestic livestock and native herbivores. Compared to fourwing saltbush ('' Atriplex canescens''), shadscale has shorter and wider leaves and the fruit does not have four wings (although it may have two wings in a "V" shape). This species blooms from March to June. Maximum osmotic pressure has been reported in Atriplex conf. where it is about 202.5 atm. Distribution and habitat Shadscale is a common, often dominant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larrea Tridentata
''Larrea tridentata'', called creosote bush and greasewood as a plant, chaparral as a medicinal herb, and ''gobernadora'' ( Spanish for "governess") in Mexico, due to its ability to secure more water by inhibiting the growth of nearby plants. In Sonora, it is more commonly called ''hediondilla''; Spanish ''hediondo'' = "smelly". It is a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. The specific name ''tridentata'' refers to its three-toothed leaves. Distribution ''Larrea tridentata'' is a prominent species in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts of western North America, and its range includes those and other regions in portions of southeastern California, Arizona, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States, and Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, Durango and San Luis Potosì in Mexico. The species grows as far east as Zapata County, Texas, along the Rio Grande southeast of Laredo near the 99th meridian west. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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