Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A. Meeuse & A. Smit
Amaranthaceae
LeRoy Gross
3960
2009-05-19
2009-5-19
United States, California, Kern, Coast Ranges; Temblor Mountains region. Far west end of the San Emigdio Mountains: Bitter Creek National Wildlife refuge, south end, within map units 6, and 11. South and southwest of Cerro Noroeste Road. Just north of Ventura County line.; Ballinger Canyon 7.5 Quad.Collections started in section 36, near 34.90241N 119.38576W, and ended in section 34, near 34.90862N 119.43329W. The end was along a dirt road that runs east back to the Cerro Noroeste road, and is across from Pelato Peak.
34.9058 -119.40911
T10N R24W S34, S35, S36
1170-1399 meters (3838-4589ft)
Gently rolling hills with dry drainage crossings. Juniperus californica on some of the hills and slopes, with Yucca whipplei, Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium, Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Ericameria linearifolia, Castilleja subinclusa on some slopes of the lower elevations. The annuals were pretty close to toast at this time in the lower elevations. Upper elevations had some grasslands, with Sambucus mexicana, Balsamorhiza deltoidea, Lomatium californicum, Agoseris grandiflora on more mesic north slopes. Upper elevations on the hilltops had patches of Lupinus formosus, L. excubitus-albifrons var. eminens complex?. Small patch growing on top of a hill.