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>Map >Satellite Ship Mountain is a steep-sided ridge composed of Mesozoic ultrabasic rock. It supports representative stands of lodgepole pine, Pinus murrayana, and Western white pine, Pinus monticola, with montane chaparral on serpentine soils.
Integrity: A high-quality forest service road through the area is the major impact. There is a lookout atop the mountain.
Use: Research, educational, observational, present.
December 1977
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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