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Map Satellite At the southern end of Silver Lake is a small meadow traversed by the meandering Reversed and Rush Creeks. A number of small ponds are interspersed throughout the meadow, as are numerous hummocks.
Carex sp., Juncus sp. and Camassia quamash are among the plants found in the meadow. Wildflowers are abundant in season. Lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana, and quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides, grow on many of the hummocks and border the meadow. Scattered throughout the meadow are numerous willow, Salix sp., thickets.
The many clumps of willows support a high density of nesting and migratory land birds, including Traill's flycatcher, Empidonax trailli.
Integrity: Though power lines cross the south side of the meadow and vacation homes border it to the east, the meadow is one of the least disturbed in the region.
Use: Private
June 1981
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman
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