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Mid-Elevation Ruby Mountains

Ecoregion in Humboldt NF, Great Basin in NV

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The Mid-Elevation Ruby Mountains ecoregion covers the lower slopes of the Ruby Mountains in northeastern Nevada. Although its elevation range, 6,500 to 8,500 feet, is typical of the pinyon – juniper woodland zone, sagebrush and mesic mountain shrub species are dominant here. Pinyon and juniper are uncommon on the western slopes of the Ruby Mountains, possibly because these foothills are in the direct path of winter weather fronts from the west and cold arctic air masses from the north. This phenomenon is in contrast to the wide elevational distribution of pinyon – juniper in the Carbonate Woodland Zone (13q) that receives more summer rain and less winter precipitation. At higher elevations within Ecoregion 13n, curlleaf mountain- mahogany and aspen groves form the transition to the High Elevation Ruby Mountains (13o).

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