Eastern Mojave Vegetation
Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation
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West side of North Table Mountain, on land owned by City of Golden. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Junction: North Table Loop, a Jefferson County Open Space Trail.
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Location of Coll. No. 1442, Apocynum ×floribundum, in the ditch beside the road. Early in the season recognize it by the relatively large opposite leaves than are also suggestive of Asclepias.
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Jefferson County Open Space above … | City of Golden below …
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Road continues to water tank, trail turns south.
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Just south of the water tank is the location of a small landslide that occurred in 2015.
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West southwest slope, west of water tank; location of Coll. No. 1392, Penstemon secundiflorus, and Coll. No. 1393, Linaria dalmatica.
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Two water courses cross trail, with recent erosion work. This is the north watercourse.
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South, and larger, watercourse.
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Growing trailside is Astragalus agrestis, Coll. No. 1398. Growing in the rocks on the edge of this feature, perhaps a transverse ridge, are Rubus deliciosus (Syn: Oreobatus deliciosus) Coll. No. 1091 and Ribes cereum, Coll. No. 1092.
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Tramway
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Location of thicket of Prunus, Coll. No. 1094.
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Trail rounds a southwest-facing ridge.
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Just southeast of ridge, location of Coll. No. 1400, Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior.
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North Table Mountain Trail on an old road.
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View of small flat and Golden beyond.
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Trail curves around to change direction
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The trail up from the switchback.
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Switchback.
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View south toward Golden from switchback.
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Old social trail straight up the slope.
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View of the trail north.
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Coll. No. 1272, Thinopyrum intermedium at rocks.
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Junction: Social trail, to parking lots off Peery Parkway.
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Junction: Peery Drive
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Date and time this article was prepared: 5/9/2021 10:38:51 AM |
