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  2. List of plants of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    Ribes malvaceum – Chaparral currant. Ribes nevadense – Sierra currant, mountain pink currant. Ribes roezlii – Sierra gooseberry. Rosa californica – California wild rose. Salvia sonomensis – Sonoma creeping sage. Wildflowers, herbaceous perennials, and others. Allium obtusum – Red Sierra onion, subalpine onion.

  3. Mojave Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) is endemic and exclusive to the Mojave Desert.[12]The Mojave Desert is a desert bordered to the west by the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the California montane chaparral and woodlands, and to the south and east by the Sonoran Desert.

  4. Ecology of the Sierra Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Giant sequoia tree, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park. The mid-montane forest grows on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada at moderate elevations. North of Lake Tahoe, the mid-montane forest occurs from 3,000 to 6,000 feet (900 to 1,800 m). Between Tahoe and Yosemite, the forest ranges from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,200 to 1,800 m), while ...

  5. Great Basin Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range.The desert is a geographical region that largely overlaps the Great Basin shrub steppe defined by the World Wildlife Fund, and the Central Basin and Range ecoregion defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and United States Geological Survey.

  6. Yucca brevifolia - Wikipedia

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    The Joshua tree is called "hunuvat chiy'a" or "humwichawa" by the indigenous Cahuilla. [11] It is also called izote de desierto (Spanish, "desert dagger"). [12] It was first formally described in the botanical literature as Yucca brevifolia by George Engelmann in 1871 as part of the Geological Exploration of the 100th meridian (or "Wheeler Survey").

  7. Sierra Nevada - Wikipedia

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    batholith and igneous. The Sierra Nevada (/ siˌɛrə nɪˈvædə, - ˈvɑːd -/ see-ERR-ə nih-VA (H)D-ə) [6][a] is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada.

  8. Populus fremontii - Wikipedia

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    P. fremontii is a large tree growing from 12–35 m (39–115 ft) in height with a wide crown, with a trunk up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in diameter. The bark is smooth when young, becoming deeply fissured with whitish, cracked bark on old trees. The 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) long leaves, are cordate (heart-shaped) with an elongated tip, with white ...

  9. Senegalia greggii - Wikipedia

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    Senegalia greggii, formerly known as Acacia greggii, is a species of tree in the genus Senegalia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from the extreme south of Utah south through southern Nevada, southeast California, Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas to Baja California, Sinaloa and Nuevo León in Mexico.

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