HARTMAN MULTIMEDIA
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Turtle Mountains These mountains, which here include the outlying Mopah
Range, are typical of the mountains of the eastern Mojave.
Vegetation, except in the washes, is sparse and is primarily creosote
bush scrub with some Joshua tree woodland. In
the washes there are abundant palo verde, Cercidium floridum, catclaw, Acacia
greggii, ironwood, Olneya tesota, mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa var.
torreyana, and smoke tree, Psorothamnus spinosus. At Mopah Springs there is a grove, the northernmost, of
the California fan palm, Washingtonia filifera. The springs provide water for a variety of animals
including the desert bighorn, Ovis canadensis. Desert tortoises, Gopherus
agassizi, are not uncommon. Much of the region is covered by Tertiary volcanics,
though a portion is overlain by Pleistocene basalt. Pre-Cambrian rocks are
prominent in the southern portion. There are extensive archaeological sites and artifacts
in the area. Fossil Neotoma middens
indicate a pinyon-juniper woodland in the uplands in the early Recent period.
The nearest such forests today are found several hundred kilometers to
the north. Integrity: The
area is virtually undisturbed. Use; Research,
educational, observational. Some
private. December 1976
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