Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Fountain Canyon. Gilroy Canyon.

Elevation: 4426ft, 1349m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• Essex Road: at Mitchell Caverns; 
• Field Notes: 18 Oct 2024; 
• Eastern Mojave Geology -- A Botanist's View: Paleozoic;  Bonanza King Fm;  Winkler Formation; 
• Summaries of Literature About the Mid Hills.: 60100; 
• The Vegetation of Lobo Point and North Wild Horse Mesa, Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California.: Geography;  51000; 
• Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: in the Providence Mountains; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Brandegee, T. S. 1903. Flora of the Providence Mountains. Zoe. 5(9):147-153.
• DeCourten, Frank L. 1979. Rock Units in the Mojave Desert Province. California Geology.
• Post, Douglas M. 1956. Studies in the Gentianaceae: Frasera and Swertia of North America. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley. 1956..

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

Astereae

Pentachaetinae

Ericameria cuneata (A. Gray) McClatchie spathulata (A. Gray) H. M. Hall. Wedgeleaf Goldenbush (Oth)

Ericameria linearifolia (DC.) Urb. & J. Wussow. Narrowleaf Goldenbush (Oth)

Gentianaceae

Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. (Obs)

Lamiaceae

Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. Purple Sage (Oth)

Agavaceae

Agave deserti (Engelm.) Gentry. Desert Agave (Oth)

Yucca baccata Torrey. Banana Yucca (Oth)

Alliaceae

Allium nevadense S. Watson nevadense. Nevada Onion (Oth)

Interesting collections made at or near this location:

• Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams
• Martha Hiland 409 4/13/1930
• Reino Alava, Rimo Bacigalupi, Aloha Alava, and J. R. Sweeney 1941 4/4/1958
• T. S. Brandegee 0 5/1/1902

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N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

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Date and time this article was prepared:5:36:47 PM, 11/3/2024.