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>Map >Satellite This is a small pond on the southwestern slopes of the Tahoe Basin. Utricularia sp. and the yellow pond-lily, Nuphar luteum ssp. polysepalum, are found here in varying abundance.
Vegetation surrounding the pond includes a red fir forest with Abies magnifica, white fir, Abies concolor, mountain ash, Sorbus sp., and stands of quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides. There is some montane chaparral.
The yellow-legged frog, Rana boylei, occurs here.
Integrity: Though relatively accessible, the area is largely undisturbed.
Use: Research, educational, observational.
January 1980
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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