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Map Satellite An extensive peat bog occupies this portion of Jess Valley which has many small streams and some small ponds. The streams drain to the south Fork of the Pit River.
In the moist sections are elements of the freshwater marsh community, including tules, Scirpus sp., cattail, Typha sp., and various grasses. Potentilla rivalis var. millegrana is found here, as are the aquatic buttercups Ranunculus aquatilis and Ranunculus flabellaris.
The area is bordered by sagebrush scrub in which basin sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata, and Western juniper, Juniperus occidentalis, are dominant. Balsamorhiza hookeri and Mimulus breviflorus are also found in the scrub.
Jess Valley was a lake during the Quaternary.
Integrity: Portions of the bog have been mined and there are ranches in the vicinity. There are some drains.
Use: Private
April 1976
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman
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