Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey subsp. elymoides

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Mono Co.

• Locality

  Glass Mountain region: Glass Mountain Peak: narrow obsidian ridge appx. 500m NNW and downhill from peak with radio structure. (Glass Mtn. quad).

• Elevation

  Alt. 3256 m. (10682 ft.)

• Coordinates

  37.7761, -118.716

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Herbarium of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Plants of MONO Co., California, USA
Poaceae
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. elymoides
GLASS MOUNTAIN REGION: Glass Mountain Peak; narrow
obsidian ridge appx. 500m NNW and downhill from peak with
radio structure. (Glass Mtn. quad: 37° 46.566'N, 118° 42.974'W;
T2S R30E SI8, NE/4 of NW/4). Alt.: 3256m/10680ft.
Sharp black obsidian ridge with thin pumice soil between coarse
loose obsidian and rhyolite cobbles. Windswept dwarfed
vegetation of Pinus albicaulis, Leptodactylon pungens,
Holodiscus microphyllus, Chrysothamnus parryi, Cercocarpus
ledifolius, Achnatherum hymenoides, Eriogonum lobbii,
Calyptridium umbellatum, Arenaria kingii, Eriogonum
ovalifolium.
Occasional clumps <ldm across.
Michael Honer 1152	5 Jul 2001
w/ Scott Hetzler & Derham Guiliani
Entered into RSA Database (2024RSA)
1673770