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Eastern Sierra Great Basin Slopes
Ecoregion
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Sierra Nevada
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The Eastern Sierra Great Basin Slopes ecoregion comprises the very steep eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. It tends to have more conifers and sagebrush, in contrast to the sparser Mojave Desert scrub typical of Ecoregion 5j to the south. Singleleaf pinyon pine and sagebrush are common, with some areas of bitterbrush and Utah juniper. Some Jeffrey and lodgepole pines occur at high elevations. Soil temperature regimes are mostly mesic and frigid. Soil moisture regimes are mostly xeric in the north to aridic in the south.
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Plants
Desert Peach
Prunus andersonii (species)
41
Observations
JAN - DEC
Crowded Lupine
Lupinus confertus (species)
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides (species),
“Aspen”, “American Aspen”, “Trembling Aspen”, “Quakies”, “Mountain Aspen”, “Golden Aspen”, “Trembling Poplar”, “White Poplar”, “Popple”
29
Occurrences
JAN - DEC
Mock Strawberry
Potentilla indica (species),
“Yellow-Flowered Strawberry”, “Indian Strawberry”, “False Strawberry”
25
Observations
JAN - DEC
Twincrest Onion
Allium bisceptrum (species)
22
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Douglas Squirrel
Tamiasciurus douglasii (species),
“Douglas's Squirrel”
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus (species),
“Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Mule Deer”
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel
Callospermophilus lateralis (species)
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus graciosus (species),
“Common Sagebrush Lizard”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
North American Beaver
Castor canadensis (species),
“American Beaver”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli (species),
“Parus Gambelli”
9,902
Observations
JAN - DEC
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri (species),
“Steller's Blue Jay”
8,679
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
8,542
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Wood Pewee
Contopus sordidulus (species)
6,731
Observations
JAN - DEC
Dark-Eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis (species)
6,293
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Pandora Moth
Coloradia pandora (species),
“Pandora Pinemoth”
15
Observations
JAN - DEC
Satyrium behrii
SPECIES ·
“Behr's Hairstreak”
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hesperumia sulphuraria
SPECIES ·
“Sulphur Moth”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Copablepharon viridisparsa
SPECIES
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Neduba macneilli
SPECIES ·
“MacNeill’s Shieldback”
7
Observations
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Fungi
Neolentinus ponderosus
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Russula brevipes
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Cryptoporus volvatus
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Floccularia albolanaripes
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Calvatia sculpta
SPECIES ·
“Lycoperdon Sculptu”, “Sculpted Puffball”, “Sculptured Puffball”, “Pyramid Puffball”, “Sierran Puffball”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Eastern Sierra Great Basin Slopes
Eastern Sierra Great Basin Slopes
Eastern Sierra Great Basin Slopes
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