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11 May 2007, Fishlake Valley, east base of White Mountains, Furnace Creek fan southeast of Dyer, Esmeralda and Mono Co., 4, 950-5, 500 ft: an apparent localized winter precipitation event centered on this area along the Nevada-California border produced an exceptional display of annuals in an otherwise poor year for annuals in the region. Coupled with a later, early spring precipitation event over most of Fishlake Valley and the northern Silver Peak Range now producing exceptional shrub and perennial displays, dense stands of Chaenactis stevioides desert pincushion and Malacothrix glabrata desert dandelion were in full flower on the higher elevations of the fan earlier at lower elevations, along with Phacelia fremontii yellowthroats, Mentzelia albicaulis whitestem stickleaf, Cryptantha circumscissa cushion cryptantha, C. pterocarya wingnut cryptantha, C. utahensis Utah cryptantha, C. recurvata bent cryptantha, Amsinckia tessellata fiddleneck, Pectocarya setosa spiny combseed, Loeseliastrum schottii little sunbonnets, Gilia species, Ipomopsis polycladon forked gilia, Eriogonum pusillum little buckwheat, Lupinus flavoculatus yellow-eyed lupine, L. brevicaulis shortstem lupine, Salvia columbariae chia, Lepidium lasiocarpum St. George pepperwort, Streptanthella longirostris fiddle mustard, Eschscholzia minutiflora little goldpoppy, Eriastrum wilcoxii woollystar, Bromus tectorum cheatgrass, and B. rubens red brome, and many others. Among the flowering shrubs and perennials were Menodora spinescens spiny menodora, Lepidium fremontii bush peppercress, Tetradymia axillaris cottonthorn, Ephedra nevadensis Nevada Mormon tea, Picrothamnus desertorum budsage, Grayia spinosa hopsage, Lycium andersonii boxthorn, Ericameria cooperi Cooper goldenbush, Krascheninnikovia lanata winterfat, Ambrosia salsola cheesebush, Atriplex canescens fourwing saltbush, Purshia glandulosa desert bitterbrush, Erigeron aphanactis gold buttons, Tricardia watsonii threehearts, Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua apricot mallow, Castilleja angustifolia desert paintbrush, Sclerocactus polyancistrus Mojave eagleclaw cactus, Cryptantha confertiflora yellow forget-me-not, Astragalus serenoi var. shockleyi purple broom, A. layneae Layne milkvetch, Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata sand lily, Eriogonum ovalifolium var. purpureum purple cushion buckwheat, Achnatherum hymenoides Indian ricegrass, Pleuraphis jamesii galleta grass, and Blepharidachne kingii eyelash grass. Jim Morefield and Jepson Weekend Workshop participants
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