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Map Satellite This is one of the best and least disturbed areas for many of the desert elements in the San Gabriel Mountains. The ridge, through which the gap is cut, is an outlier of the main range. The dominant plant community is a juniper-joshua tree woodland with Juniperus sp., Yucca brevifolia, Lycium andersonii, Lycium cooperi, Purshia glandulosa, cholla spp., Opuntia basilaris and Opuntia echinocarpa. Other plants include Ephedra viridis, Ephedra nevadensis, Eschscholzia minutiflora, Lotus strigosus, and Lomatium mohavense. Well over 100 plants of the Mojave Desert have been found in this small area. It is the only known station in the San Gabriels for Glyptopleura marginata and Zigadenus brevibracteatus. The fauna is typical of the Mojave, with numerous reptiles and mammals. The rare Mojave ground squirrel, Citellus mohavensis, is possibly extinct in this area. Integrity: A road cuts through the gap and there are ruins of a limekiln; otherwise the area is undisturbed. Use: Private April 1976
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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