This iNaturalist project is a supplement to a vascular floristic survey currently being conducted by Courtney Matzke, a student at the California Botanic Gardens. The florisitic study will document the vascular flora of the Piute Mountain Range located at the southern terminus of the Sierra Nevada. This position makes it significant as a potential North-South plant migration corridor from the Sierra Nevada into the Transverse Ranges. The study site is situated near the juncture of the Sierra Nevada, Mohave Desert, Central Valley and Transverse Ranges with elements of all four appearing in the vegetation. It encompasses coniferous forest, chapparal, Joshua tree woodland, as well as desert transition zones. The site also contains a wide variety of geologic features and substrates, including a series of metamorphic rocks and limestone. The array of habitats and substrates is expected to harbor a diverse flora as well as rare and endemic plants. less ↑