Reptiles

Zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides)

Side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana)

Western whiptail (Cnemidophorus tigris)

Striped whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus)

Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) - scat on the higher plateau.

 

Mammals

Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)

Antelope ground squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)

Desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida)

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Birds

^Nest in a shrub with eggs of a Black-throated sparrow.

Plant List

^Clark Mountain agave (Agave utahensis var. nevadensis) flowering stalk.

^Spiny rosette leaves of agave.

^Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera).

^Mojave prickly pear (Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea).

^Fishhook cactus (Mammillaria tetrancistra).

Barrel cactus flower (Ferocactus cylindraceus).

^Calico cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii) under a creosote (Larrea tridentata).

^Buckhorn cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa).

^Cottontop cactus (Echinocactus polycephalus).

^Blue sage (Salvia dorrii).

^Mojave sage (Salvia mohavensis).

^Winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata).

^Turpentine-broom (Thamnosma montana).

^Butterfly bush (Buddleja utahensis).

^Mortonia (Mortonia utahensis).

^Catclaw acacia (Acacia greggii).

^Limestone milkvetch (Astragalus sp.).

^Shadscale (Atriplex confertifolia).

^Ground cherry (Physalis sp.).

^California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum).

^Cliff rose (Purshia mexicana).

^Rock nettle (Eucnide urens).

^Thistle (Cirsium sp.).

^Brittlebush (Encelia virginensis).

^Desert needlegrass (Stipa speciosum).

^Purple threeawn (Aristida purpurea) on eroded limestone.

^Sideoats grama grass (Bouteloua curtipendula).

^Fluffgrass (Erioneuron pulchellum) on limestone ledges (small light tufts) and Big galleta grass (Hilaria rigida)(larger straw-colored bunches).

Rock lace fern (Cheilanthes sp.) dried in a crevice, waiting for the next cool rains.

^Death Valley ephedra (Ephedra funerea).

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