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Eriodictyon californicum is an evergreen aromatic shrub with woody rhizomes, typically found in clonal stands growing to a height of 3 to 4 feet (0.91 to 1.22 m). [2] The dark green, leathery leaves are narrow, oblong to lanceolate, and up to 15 centimeters (5.9 in) in length.
Hylocomium splendens, commonly known as glittering woodmoss, [2] splendid feather moss, [3] stairstep moss, and mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss [4] with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere boreal forests. It is commonly found in Europe, Russia, Alaska and Canada, where it is often the
Schistostega pennata, also called goblin gold, [1] Dragon's gold, [2] luminous moss [1] or luminescent moss, [3] is a haplolepideous moss known for its glowing appearance in dark places. It is the only member of the family Schistostegaceae .
Pine Mountain is set approximately 40 miles (64 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles within San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Sheep Mountain Wilderness. It ranks as the second-highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, [1] second-highest in the wilderness and monument, and the 10th-highest in the county. [3]
Verbena californica is a rare species of verbena known by the common names California vervain and Red Hills vervain. This flower is endemic to Tuolumne County, California , where it is known from ten or eleven occurrences in the Red Hills , a section of the Sierra Nevada foothills near Chinese Camp .
White Top Mountain is part of the Cottonwood Mountains which are the northern extension of the Panamint Range. [4] It is set within Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert. Precipitation runoff from this landform drains to Death Valley via Dry Bone Canyon.
The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [4] The name was applied by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden circa 1875 to honor John Thomas Moss (1839–1880), an American frontiersman, prospector, and miner. [5] John Moss was the founder of Parrott City which was six miles south of the peak. Moss ...
Bitter Spring is a spring within the Fort Irwin National Training Center in San Bernardino County, California.It lies at an elevation of 1355 feet and is located in a valley between the Soda Mountains to the east, the Tiefort Mountains to the northwest, Alvord Mountain to the southwest and Cronese Mountains to the south and southeast.