Eastern Mojave Vegetation Cottonwood Canyon, Mono County, California.
 
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Cottonwood Canyon drains a fairly large area of the Bodie Hills into the Mono Basin.


Elevation: 7136ft, 2175m.

Articles that refer to this location:

 

Literature Referring To This Location:

  • Messick, T. H. 1982. Flora and phytogeography of the Bodie Hills of Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada, USA. M. A. Thesis. Arcata, California: Humboldt State University.

Area Plant Lists that contain this location:

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Miners cabin in Cottonwood Canyon.
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Middle Cottonwood Canyon on the road to Bodie
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Main channel of Cottonwood Canyon diverges from road
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The road climbing out of Cottonwood Canyon
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Upper Cottonwood Canyon from CA Highway 270
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Coll. No. 841, Epilobium sp.
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Coll. No. 842, Ranunculus cymbalaria
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Coll. No. 843, Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis
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Coll. No. 843, Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis
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Coll. No. 843, Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis
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Coll. No. 843, Potentilla millefolia

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

Cichorieae

Crepidinae

Crepis intermedia A. Gray. Limestone Hawksbeard (TAS) CC:6

Senecioneae

Tetradymia glabrata Torrey & A. Gray. Littleleaf Horsebrush (Oth) CC:?

Boraginaceae

Cryptantha cinerea (Greene) Cronquist abortiva (Greene) Cronquist. Bow-Nut Forget-Me-Not (Oth) CC:?

Brassicaceae

Boechera bodiensis (Rollins) Al-Shehbaz. Bodie Hills Rock Cress (Oth) CC:?

Fabaceae

Lupinus lepidus Douglas ex Lindl. lobbii (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchc. Lobb's Tidy Lupine (TAS) CC:?

Onagraceae

Epilobium L. Willowherb (TAS) CC:?

Epilobium ciliatum Raf. Fringed Willowherb (TAS) CC:4

Phrymaceae

Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. Skunky Monkey Flower (Oth) CC:?

Erythranthe primuloides (Benth.) G.L. Nesom & N.S. Fraga. Primrose Monkey Flower (TAS) CC:?

Polygonaceae

Rumex triangulivalvis (Danser) Rech. f. Triangular-Valved Dock (Oth) CC:4

Ranunculaceae

Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh. Alkali Buttercup (TAS+Oth) CC:4

Rosaceae

Amygdaloideae

Spiraeeae

Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. microphyllus (Rydb.) Jeps. Ocean Spray (Oth) CC:8

Rosoideae

Potentilleae

Potentilla millefolia Rydb. Cutleaf Cinquefoil (TAS) CC:?

Roseae

Rosa woodsii Lindl. ultramontana (S. Watson) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde. Mountain Rose (TAS) CC:?

Rubiaceae

Galium hypotrichium A. Gray hypotrichium. Alpine Bedstraw (Oth) CC:?

Cyperaceae

Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. aquatilis. Water Sedge (TAS) CC:6

Poaceae

Aveneae

Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. Shortawn Foxtail (Oth) CC:4

Total number of taxa: 17
Native Taxa:
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16
Exotic Taxa:
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0
Nativity Undetermined:
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1
Listed Weeds:
Identified as Weed
0
FQA, CC, n=7, Mean C: 5.1, FQI = 13.6
If you have a question or a comment you may write to me at: tomas@schweich.com I sometimes post interesting questions in my FAQ, but I never disclose your full name or address.  


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Date and time this article was prepared:3:14:52 PM, 8/1/2026.