M
MacGillivray's Warbler, 411 , 412
Machaeranthera canescens , 120
Machaeranthera shastensis , 120
montana , 120
Machaeranthera tortifolia , 123
Madder Family, 197 –99
Maguire Campion, 134
Malacosoma americana , 262
Mallow Family, 155 –56
Malvaceae, 155 –56
Mammals, 437
Mantidae, 255
Mantids, 253 –54
Maple Family, 102 –3
Marble Canyon pluton, 49
Marmota flaviventris , 442
Marmots, 442 –44
Marten, 452
Martes americana , 452
Masticophis flagellum , 328 , 345 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Masticophis taeniatus , 297 , 330 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Mat Buckwheat, 178
Mat Muhly, 166
Matthews Bedstraw, 198
McAfee Creek pluton, 51
Meadow Collinsia, 203
Meadow Vole, 449
Megachilidae, 269
Melanoplus sanguinipes , 254
Melica stricta , 166
Meloe , 260
Meloidae, 259
Melospiza melodia , 423
Menodora spinescens , 158
Mentzelia albicaulis , 77 , 155
Mentzelia laevicaulis , 155
Mephitis mephitis , 454
Merriam Shrew, 438
Mesoscale phenomena
mountain lee waves, 7 –9
thunderstorms, 9 –11
Metasyrphus aberrantis , 268
Methuselah, 80
Mexican Cloudy-wing, 263
Mice, 447 –49
Microtus , 449
Migratory Grasshopper, 254
Milbert's Tortoiseshell, 266
Milkweed Bug, 256
Mimidae, 405 –6
Mimulus bigelovii , 204
bigelovii , 204
cuspidatus , 204
Mimulus cardinalis , 204 –5
Mimulus densus , 205
Mimulus guttatus , 205
Mimulus primuloides , 82 , 205 –6
pilosellus , 205
primuloides , 205 –6
Mimulus spissus , 204
Mimulus suksdorfii , 206
Miner's Lettuce, 186
Mint Family, 151 –52
Mirabilis alipes , 156
Mirabilis bigelovvi , 77 , 157
aspera , 157
bigelovii , 157
retrorsa , 157
Mirabilis multiflora , 157
pubescens , 157
Mirabilis pumila , 157
Mistletoe Family, 212 –13
Mites, 248
Mitoura siva , 265
Mitoura spinetorum , 265
Mockingbirds, 405 –6
Modest Primrose, 159
Mohavea breviflora , 206
Mojave Aster, 123
Mojave Columbine, 188 –89
Mojave Fishhook Cactus, 132
Mojave Mound Cactus, 131
Mojave Parsley, 112
Mojave Prickly Pear, 132
Mojave Sandwort, 134
Molothrus ater , 427
Monarch Butterfly, 266
Monardella linoides , 151
Monardella odoratissima , 151
parvifolia , 151
Monkey-flower, 205
Monkshood, 188
Mono Penstemon, 207 –8
Mono Senecio, 121 –22
Montane Vole, 449
Montenegro Member, 38
Montia chamissoi , 187
Montia perfoliata , 186
Mormon Cricket, 254 –55
Mormon Metalmark Butterfly, 264
Mosquitoes, 267
Moths, 261 –62
Mound Ants, 271
Mountain Apricot Mallow, 156
Mountain Bluebird, 403
Mountain Brittle Chorizanthe, 176
Mountain Chickadee, 392 –93
Mountain Dock, 185
Mountain Dodder, 138
Mountain lee waves, 7 –9
Mountain Lion, 454 –55
Mountain Mahogany, 191
Mountain Maple, 102 –3
Mountain Mohogany, 79
Mountain Pennyroyal, 151
Mountain Sheep, 459 –60
Mountain Sorrel, 184
Mountain Strangler, 163 –64
Mourning Cloak, 266
Mourning Dove, 372 –73
Muhlenbergia richardsonis , 166
Muscicapidae, 401 –3
Muscicapids, 401 –3
Mustard Family, 126 –30
Mustela frenata , 453
Myadestes townsendi , 403
Myiarchus cinerascens , 385
Myotis californicus , 438
Myotis erotis , 438
Myotis Leibii, 438
Myotis lucifugus , 438
Myotis subulatus , 438
Myotis thysanoides , 438
Myotis volans , 438
Myotis yumanensis , 438