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Chinle Valley and Mesas
Ecoregion
in
Navajo Nation Reservation
,
Colorado Plateau
in
AZ
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The Chinle Valley and Mesas ecoregion is lower in elevation, warmer, with less precipitation and less woodland than adjacent Ecoregion 22q. It is higher in elevation, slightly cooler, with more grassland than the desert scrub of ecoregions 20d and 20h to the north. Elevations range from 5000 to 6400 feet, and annual precipitation is 7 to 10 inches. Typical vegetation includes Indian ricegrass, sand dropseed, galleta, needleandthread, fourwing saltbush, broom snakeweed, and Mormon tea.
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Plants
Woodbine
Parthenocissus vitacea (species)
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Boxelder
Acer negundo (species),
“Manitoba Maple”, “Ash-Leaved Maple”, “California Box-Elder”, “Ash-Leaf Maple”, “Box-Elder Maple”, “Three-Leaf Maple”, “Western Box-Elder”, “Three-Leaved Maple”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Wild Potato
Solanum jamesii (species)
4
Observations
Kidney Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris (species),
“String Bean”, “Snap Bean”, “Common Bean”
4
Observations
Tribulus terrestris
SPECIES ·
“Devil's Thorn”, “Goathead”, “Goat's Head”, “Puncturevine”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Urosaurus ornatus
SPECIES ·
“Ornate Tree Lizard”, “Tree Lizard”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus (species),
“Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Mule Deer”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Birds
Common Raven
Corvus corax (species),
“Raven”, “Northern Raven”
1,349
Observations
JAN - DEC
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus (species),
“Mexican House Finch”
1,158
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaocto (species),
“Collared Dove”
904
Observations
JAN - DEC
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus (species)
826
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris (species),
“Starling”, “European Starling”
695
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
SPECIES ·
“Western Harvester Ant”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Formica neogagates
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
SPECIES ·
“Rough Harvester Ant”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Chinle Valley and Mesas
Chinle Valley and Mesas
Chinle Valley and Mesas
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