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.

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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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Spring Mountains

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