Chickensage

Artemisia tridentata type on southwest slopes of Jeff Davis Peak. Trees at left Juniperus occidentalis and Pinus jeffreyi., T 9 N R 19 E Sec 17 Quad name: Markleeville. Quad number: 54. Reference to map: 8.

West slope of Jeff Davis Peak. Shows willow type at junction of Artemisia tridentata type on lava and Lodgepole pine types on granite., T 9 N R 19 E Sec 17 Quad name: Markleeville. Quad number: 54. Reference to map: 9.

Panorama from point on highway looking W and N. Shows stand of scattered Jeffrey pine and western juniper. Chaparral species = Holodiscus sp., Artemisia tridentata, Ribes cereum, Ceanothus cordulatus., T 9 N R 20 E Sec 32 Quad name: Markleeville. Quad number: 54. Reference to map: 1.

View of drainage adjacent burn shown in photo # 296544. Pinon type with occasional Jeffrey pine. Foreground: Artemisia tridentata, Ephedra sp. and Chrysothamnus sp.., T 9 N R 20 W Sec 34 Quad name: Tejon. Quad number: 154. Reference to map: 27.

Plants scattered on a broad grassy roadside right-of-way in coarse gravelly calcareous/caliche soils of low rolling limestone ridges along eastern foothills of Sacramento Mountains.

Head of Cuddy Valley. Looking SW, shows Jeffrey pines replaced by sagebrush of Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus with scattered Quercus dumosa and Ceanothus perplexans or Ceanothus vestitus (=Ceanothus greggii). Kern Co., T 9 N R 21 W Sec 24 Quad name: Mt. Pinos. Quad number: 155. Reference to map: 25.

Head of Cuddy Valley. Looking south of west of Mt. Pinos. Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and Jeffrey pine type., T 9 N R 21 W Sec 24-25 Quad name: Mt. Pinos. Quad number: 155. Reference to map: 26.

Carson Quadrangle, Nevada. Pinus ponderosa with Artemisia tridentata and grass on altered andesitic soil at Steamboat Springs. Heaviest stand of this species on the quadrangle., Elevation 4800 Quad name: Carson. Quad number: N-61.

Carson Quadrangle, Nevada. 1.5 miles north of McClellan Peak. Looking south to pure Ceanothus velutinus type dark patch in north swale in pure Artemisia type. Such patches suggest timber sites., Elevation 6800 Quad name: Carson. Quad number: N-61.

Carson Quadrangle, Nevada. Closeup of Ceanothus velutinus in north swale of Artemisia tridentata type shown in photograph No. 378335, 1.5 miles north of McClellan Peak. Such patches suggest timber sites., Elevation 6800 Quad name: Carson. Quad number: N-61.

Typical sage type near Elizabeth Lake. Type is composed of Eriogonum fasciculatum and Artemisia tridentata and an unknown variety of sage, collected. Grass is the basic type. Quad name: Elizabeth Lake. Quad number: 153. Reference to map: 13.

Pinon type. Associated species: Eriogonum fasciculatum, Purshia glandulosa, Artemisia tridentata, Yucca brevifolia, Ephedra sp., Chrysothamnus sp., Fremontia sp., Ceanothus perplexans or Ceanothus vestitus (=Ceanothus greggii). Near Cactus Flat. Quad name: San Gorgonio. Quad number: 165. Reference to map: 10.

Pinon type. Associated species: Eriogonum fasciculatum, Purshia glandulosa, Artemisia tridentata, Yucca brevifolia, Ephedra sp., Chrysothamnus sp., Fremontia sp., Ceanothus perplexans or Ceanothus vestitus (=Ceanothus greggii). Near Cactus Flat. Quad name: San Gorgonio. Quad number: 165. Reference to map: 10.

Juniperus occidentalis type near Bear Valley Ranger Station. Associated species: Artemisia tridentata and Cercocarpus ledifolius. Occasional Jeffrey pine. Quad name: San Gorgonio. Quad number: 165. Reference to map: 11.

Sage (Artemisia tridentata) and Jeffrey pine snags on ridge in what is now chaparral type. Burned 1924. Quad name: San Jacinto. Quad number: 175. Reference to map: 11.

Panorama looking south across Bear Valley. Sage and grassy-woodland. Ceanothus cuneatus is sprinkled throughout Artemisia tridentata. Quad name: Caliente. Quad number: 136. Reference to map: 8.

South face of Bear Mountain. Clumps of Quercus wislizeni in grass. Artemisia tridentata in foreground is a local invasion of the last twenty years according to cattlemen. Quad name: Caliente. Quad number: 136. Reference to map: 9.

Looking north at south face of Bear Mt. Foreground open woodland of Quercus lobata. Slopes open chaparral-grass type, mapped as Desert chaparral ; species: Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens, Cercocarpus betulaefolius, Ceanothus cuneatus, Artemisia tridentata, Eriogonum fasciculatum. Quad name: Caliente. Quad number: 136. Reference to map: 15.

Looking east across Cumming and Brite Valleys toward Double Mt. Open woodland of valley and Douglas oak on north face with Artemisia tridentata groundcover. Quad name: Caliente. Quad number: 136. Reference to map: 19.