Spring Mountains

The goal of this guide is to provide information about the flora and fauna of the Spring Mountains. Much of my experience is from my time on Charleston Peak, but I will try to add more for the rest of the range.

Palmer's penstemon 1
Penstemon palmeri
pointleaf manzanita 2
Arctostaphylos pungens
green ephedra 3
Ephedra viridis
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 4
Cercocarpus montanus
spear globemallow
Sphaeralcea hastulata
Jaeger's Ivesia 5
Ivesia jaegeri
whitebark raspberry 6
Rubus leucodermis
Charleston Mountain Angelica 2
Angelica scabrida
mat rock spiraea 7
Petrophytum caespitosum
small wirelettuce 8
Stephanomeria exigua
silvery lupine 9
Lupinus argenteus
yellow rabbitbrush 5
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Giant Blazingstar 10
Mentzelia laevicaulis
common stork's-bill 11
Erodium cicutarium
white sweetclover 12
Melilotus albus
starvation prickly-pear 13
Opuntia polyacantha
mountain coyote mint 14
Monardella odoratissima

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