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>Map >Satellite This area, which lies a few meters north of the Mexican boundary, is covered by a creosote bush scrub, with Larrea tridentata the dominant. There is an exceptionally fine stand of the rare buckwheat, Eriogonum deserticola. The uncommon holly-leaved burbush, Ambrosia ilicifolia, occurs here also. Animals are typical of the west mesa region. The Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard, Uma notata, and the desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, are found here as may the uncommon flat-tailed horned lizard, Phrynosoma m'calli, and the rare little desert pocket mouse, Perognathus longimembris arenicola. There is a wash with an intermittent stream. Much of the area is composed of heavily dissected Pliocene nonmarine sedimentaries. Integrity: The area is relatively undisturbed. Use: Research, educational, observational. March 1982
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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