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Baldwin Lake and Meadows Baldwin Lake, a shallow lake fed by springs and creeks,
lies at the eastern end of Big Bear Valley and is one of the few natural lakes
in the San Bernardino Mountains. It
is bordered by meadows, both wet and dry, and, in some parts, by a ponderosa
pine, Pinus ponderosa, forest or a pinyon-juniper woodland with Pinus monophylla
and Juniperus occidentalis. Botanically it is of extreme importance because of the
number of rare plants that occur here. Thirteen rare or threatened species have
been collected in this small area. Eight are known from only this or the Big
Bear area. They include Arabis parishii, Arenaria ursina, Castilleja
cinerea, Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum, Mimulus exiguus, Pyrrocoma uniflora var.
gossypina, Sidalcea pedata and Thelypodium stenopetalum. Three others,
Ivesia argyrocoma, Linanthus killipii and Taraxacum californicum, occur here
and in a few other localities in the San Bernardino Mountains. Two, Echinocereus
engelmannii var. munzii and Poa atropurpurea, have a somewhat
wider distribution and are found in several locations in the southern California
mountains. Animals are abundant, particularly birds.
Bald eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, are regular winter visitors, and
numerous ducks rest and feed here during migration. The cinnamon teal, Anas
cyanoptera, breeds here. Other species include pinyon jay, Gymnorhinus
cyanocephalus, mountain bluebird, Sialia currucoides, and green-tailed towhee,
Chlorura chlorura. Cliff swallows, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, have Use: Research, educational, observational. Some private. June 1982
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