Eastern Mojave Vegetation
Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation
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Tom Schweich |
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Trailhead: Stegosaurus Lot
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From the trailhead in Stegosaurus Lot, the Dakota Ridge trail goes northeast straight up the western limb of the hogback.
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Trail turns south.
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View of Interstate 70 at the mouth of Mount Vernon Canyon. The third road at right is US Highway 40. The parking lot for Matthews/Winters Park is at lower left. The highway is really noisy, especially the trucks using their Jake Brakes.
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Viewpoint of Rooney Valley and Green Mountain. This valley is threatened by development.
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This is where I found just two Physaria. They were P. montana.
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Rattlesnake along the trail
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The Dakota Ridge trail comes off the ridge and down into this little “meadow.” It is not clear whether this meadow is natural or an atrefact of previous mining.
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Junction: Zorro Trail. | The Zorro Trail goes down to a parking lot along Rooney Road. This trail junction is located in a small flat between two higher parts of Dinosaur Ridge. This flat is thought to be a wind gap that is a preserved erosion channel (Scott, 1976).
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The Dakota Ridge Trail continues south.
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The thing to see here is the two women and their unleashed dogs. I had previously talked to them and asked them to leash their dogs. Four minutes before I took this photo (by the timestamps on the photo), I took the photo of the rattlesnake beside the trail.
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Junction: Alameda Avenue
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Junction: Alameda Avenue
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Junction: Red Rocks Trail
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Junction: Bail Out
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Junction: Dakota Ridge South Trail
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End of Trail in a loop.
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Date and time this article was prepared: 10/15/2020 8:13:27 PM |
