List of southern LCRV flora by region
A List of southern Lower Colorado River Valley-(LCRV) flora by region. The regions included are:
- southeast Colorado Desert
(borders the Colorado River on east) - Little Picacho Wilderness
located in the extreme southeast Colorado Desert
10 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona, and Winterhaven, California in southeast Imperial County, California. - Muggins Mountains Wilderness
17 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona on the southwest of the Muggins Mountains range - City of Yuma, Arizona
- southeast Colorado Desert
Many parts of the Lower Colorado River Valley, and especially low- or middle-elevation desert regions are: the Creosote bush scrub biome. (Some other indicator species of the biome might be considered to be: Encelia farinosa, Krameria grayi, Anderson Thornbush, Bebbia juncea, etc.) In the western Sonoran Desert this may include the Ocotillo and Saguaro; in the Colorado Desert, only the Ocotillo.
Bolded species are the Creosote bush scrub biome species-(i.e. the creosote bush: Larrea tridentata, Saguaro, Ocotillo), or the endemics, or near-endemics to the LCRV region-(endemics listed in final section).
Region: southern LCRV-(compiled list)[edit]
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Region: southeastern Colorado Desert[edit]
Region: the Colorado Desert, which borders the Colorado River, (of La Paz, Yuma, Imperial, and San Bernardino Counties in California and Arizona); the Colorado Desert is in southeastern California – and eastern Imperial and Riverside Counties lie on the west bank of the Colorado River.
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Little Picacho Wilderness flora[edit]
Flora of the Little Picacho Wilderness—(Eastern section, only)
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References[edit]
- Overview write-up of Wilderness - "trees in the many washes"–(a good general wilderness description-(Note: Access roads to the wilderness "Border" can be rough, (and 'washboarded' in places-(No Motorized traffic in wilderness)))
- General description - No mention of plant species
Muggins Mountains Wilderness flora[edit]
Flora of the Muggins Mountains Wilderness.
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References[edit]
- Warren, Scott S. Exploring Arizona's Wild Areas. Mountaineers Books, 1996, 2nd Ed 2002. (softcover, ISBN 978-0-89886-774-9 Search this book on
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- Reference to the common plants -(a short list-(perennials))-(p 265): Muggins Mountains Wilderness: Seasons, Plants and Wildlife: "ocotillo, creosote bush, brittlebush, paloverde, 'Desert ironwood', 'Smoketree (Psorothamnus)';" p. 265.
Region: Yuma, Arizona[edit]
The city of Yuma, Arizona. Open land areas especially, but also canal bank regions, because of their easy and horizontal access points.
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Endemic flora to the Lower Colorado River Valley region[edit]
- Hesperocallis undulata
the Ajo Lily—or Desert lily - RangeMap - Nolina bigelovii
a "Nolina" bunchgrass - RangeMap - Peucephyllum schottii
the Desert fir
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- Natural history of the Lower Colorado River Valley
- Lists of flora of Arizona
- Lists of flora of California
- Lists of biota of Mexico
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Yuma Desert
- Natural history of Imperial County, California
- North American desert flora
