The Ciervo Hills are a low

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in west

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, in the western

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of central

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runs parallel to the hills on the east.

Geography

The Ciervo Hills are in the Southern Inner

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System, adjacent to the

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on the west, Tumey Hills to the north, and

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to the south. Their highest point is in elevation. Cantua Creek and its Arroyo de Cantúa canyon divides them from the

Flora

Several California rare plant species are endemic to the Ciervo Hills and bordering Tumey Hills including Panoche peppergrass (''Lepidium jaredii'' ssp. ''album''), Idria buckwheat (''Eriogonum vestitum''), and gypsum-loving crownscale (''Atriplex gypsophila'').

References

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