INDEX
A
Abronia nana , 156
covillei , 156
Acamptopappus shockleyi , 113
Acarina, 248
Accipiter cooperi , 362
Accipitridae, 362 –64
Aceraceae, 102 –3
Acer glabrum , 102 –3
Acer negundo, californicum , 103
Acmon Blue, 265
Aconitum columbianum , 188
Acrididae, 254
Adelia, 158
Aegithalidae, 394
Aegolius acadicus , 375
Aeronautes saxatalis , 378
Agabus lutosus , 258
Agavaceae, 109
Agave Family, 109
Agnostokasia sublima , 254
Agrilus walshinghami , 259
Ailanthus altissima , 103
Alaudidae, 386 –87
Alectoris chukar , 368
Alkali Cinquefoil, 195
Alkali Paintbrush, 203
Alkali sacaton, 167
Allelopathy, 77
Alligator Lizards, 303 –5
Allium atrorubens , 152
inyonis , 152
Allium bisceptrum , 152
Allophyllum violaceum , 170
Allscale, 135
Alluvial fans, 30 , 31 , 36 , 37
Alpine Androsace, 187
Alpine Blue, 265
Alpine Daisy, 82
Alpine Dock, 185
Alpine Fell-fields, 82
Alpine Gold, 119
Alpine Goldenrod, 122
Alpine Sandwort, 133
Alpine Sedge, 82
Alpine zone, 81 –83
Altica , 260
Alum Root, 199
Alydidae, 256
Alydus pluto , 256
Ambrosia dumosa , 113
Amelanchier pallida , 191
American Brooklime, 209
American Cockroach, 254
American Dipper, 400 –401
American Kestrel, 366 –67
American Robin, 404 –5
Ammospermophilus leucurus , 443
Amphibians, 277 –80
biogeography, 293 –303
Amphisbaenia, 291
Amphispiza belli , 421
Amphispiza bilineata , 420
Amsinckia tessellata , 124
Anabrus simplex , 254 –55
Andrews Mountain Member, 38
Androsace septentrionalis , 187
subumbellata , 187
Anelsonia eurycarpa , 82
Angelica lineariloba , 109
Anguidae, 303
Anicia Checkerspot, 266
Anisocoma acaulis , 113 –14
Anopheles , 267
Antelope Ground Squirrel, 443
Antennaria dimorpha , 114
Antennaria microphylla , 114
Antennaria rosea , 114
Anthophoridae, 270
Anthropology, 463 –85
Antilocapra americana , 457
Antirrhinum kingii , 201 –2
Antrozous pallidus , 439
Aphelocoma coerulescens , 389
Aphididae, 256
Aphids, 256
Apidae, 270
Apis mellifera, 270
Apodemia mormo , 264
Apodidae, 378
Apricot Mallow, 155 –56
Aquila chrysaetos , 365
Aquilegia formosa , 188
Aquilegia shockleyi , 188 –89
Arabis holboellii , 127
pendulocarpa , 127
pinetorum , 127
retrofracta , 127
Arabis inyoensis , 127
Arabis lemmonii, lemmonii , 127 –28
Arabis pulchra
gracilis , 128
munciensis , 128
Arachnida, 246 –48
Arachnids, 247
Araneae, 246
Araneidae, 246
Arceuthobium divaricatum , 212
Archaeology, 463 –85
alpine villages, 481 –85
annual round, 472 –74
dating, 476 –77
hunting stations, 479 –81
Pinyon camps, 477 –79
subsistence, 464 –65
animal procurement, 469 –70
Pinton procurement, 470 –72
plant procurement, 469
Arenaria aculeata , 133
Arenaria kingii , 133
compacta , 133
glabrescens , 133
Arenaria macradenia , 133
macradenia , 133
parishiorum , 133
Argasidae, 248
Argemone munita , 164
rotunda , 164
Argia , 253
Arhopalus asperatus , 261
Arizona elegans , 297 , 324 , 344
Arizona Scarlet Gilia, 169
Armored Stink Beetle, 260
Arrowhead Blue, 265
Arroyo Willow, 88
Artemisia arbuscula , 82 , 114 , 115
Artemisia spinescens , 77
Artemisia tridentata , 77 , 78 , 114
Artiodactyla, 456
Ash Family, 158
Ash-throated Flycatcher, 385 –86
Ashy Wildrye, 165 –66
Asilidae, 267
Asio otus , 374
Aspen Onion, 152
Asteraceae, 113 –23
Astragalus calycosus, 140 –41
Astragalus cimae , 141
sufflatus , 141
Astragalus coccineus , 141
Astragalus inyoensis , 141
Astragalus kentrophyta , 142
elatus , 142
implexus , 142
Astragalus lentiginosus , 142
fremontii , 142
semotus , 142
Astragalus minthorniae , 142 –43
villosus , 142
Astragalus newberryi , 143
Astragalus oophorus , 143
Astragalus purshii , 143
tinctus , 143
Atmospheric circulation patterns, 3 –4
Atriplex canescens , 135
Atriplex confertifolia , 135
Atriplex polycarpa , 135
Atriplex torreyi , 135 –36
Austin Penstemon, 207
B
Badger, 453
Bailey Buckwheat, 177
Banded Alder Borer, 261
Banded Skipper, 263
Barcroft pluton, 50 , 51 , 52 –53
Basin Sagebrush, 77
Basin Senecio, 122
Bassariscus astutus , 452
Batrachoseps campi , 281 , 297 , 353
Bats, 438 –39
Beadpod, 129 –30
Beavers, 450
Beavertail, 131 –32
Becker's White Butterfly, 263
Beer Creek pluton, 49
Bees, 268
Beetles, 258
Bell Gilia, 169
Betulaceae, 98 –99
Big Brown Bat, 438
Big Sagebrush, 114
Big-eyed Bug, 256
Big-leaf Avens, 192 –93
Big-podded Milk-vetch, 143
Bigelow Mimulus, 204
Bipes , 291
Birch Family, 98 –99
Bird's-nest Buckwheat, 181 –82
Birds, 361 –62
Bitterroot, 187
Black Canyon, 54
Black Cottonwood, 77 , 99 –100
Black Toad, 283 –85, 297 , 346 , 355
Black-chinned Sparrow, 419 –20
Black-headed Grosbeak, 413 –14
Black-tailed Hare, 440 –41
Black-throated Gray Warbler, 411
Black-throated Sparrow, 420 –21
Blackbirds, 427 –28
Blackbrush, 192
Blattidae, 254
Blazing Star, 155
Blister Beetles, 259 –60
Blister Dalea, 145 –46
Blue Copper, 265
Blue Elderberry, 132 –33
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 402 –3
Blue Grouse, 369 –70
Blues, 264
Boas, 324
Bobcat, 456
Boidae, 324
Boisduval's Blue, 264
Bombus centralis , 270
Bombus morrisoni , 270
Borage Family, 123 –26
Boranginaceae, 123 –26
Bow-nut Forget-me-not, 124
Box Elder, 103
Brassicaceae, 126 –30
Braun-Blanquet faunal resemblance factor (BFRF), 298 , 301 –2
Brazilian-Free-tailed Bat, 439
Brephidium exilis , 265
Brewer Cinquefoil, 194 –95
Brewer Cliff Brake, 147
Brewer's Blackbird, 427
Brewer's Sparrow, 418 –19
Brickellia arguta , 115
Brickellia oblongifolia , 115
linifolia , 115
Bristlecone Microthecum, 181
Bristlecone Pine, 29 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 96 –97
Brittlebush, 117
Brittle Fern, 146
Broad-podded Parrya, 82
Broad-shouldered Milk-vetch, 141
Broad-tailed Hummingbird, 379
Brooch Lewisia, 187
Broomrape Family, 163 –64
Broom Sagebrush, 115
Brown Creeper, 396 –97
Brown-eyed Primrose, 159
Brown-headed Cowbird, 427
Brush-footed Butterflies, 266
Bubo virginianus , 373
Buckskin Keckiella, 204
Buckwheat Family, 175 –85
Bud Sagebrush, 77
Bufo boreas , 283 , 297 , 298 , 346 , 348 , 349 , 351
Bufo exsul , 283 , 297 , 346 , 355
Bufo punctatus , 285 , 297 , 351 , 353
Bugs, 255
Bullfrog, 287 –88
Bulrush, 138
Bumble Bees, 270
Buprestidae, 259
Bur Sage, 113
Burro-bush, 113
Burying Beetle, 259
Bush Peppergrass, 129
Bush Sunflower, 117
Bushtit, 394
Bushy Linanthus , 174
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat, 448
Buteo jamaicensis , 364
Buttercup Family, 188 –91
Butterflies, 261 –62
C
Cabbage White, 263
Cactaceae, 131 –32
Cactus Family, 131 –32
Cactus Flower Beetles, 259
Caecilians, 277
California Buckwheat, 179
California Mantid, 255
California Meadow Vole, 449
California Myotis, 438
Callipepla californica , 370
Callisaurus draconoides , 297 , 298 , 306 –7, 344 , 346 , 350 , 354
Callophrys comstocki , 265
Calochortus bruneaunis , 152 –53
Calochortus kennedyi , 153
Calochortus nuttallii , 152
Caltrop Family, 213
Calycoseris parryi , 115
Calycoseris wrightii , 115
Calyptridium parryi , 186
nevadense , 186
Calyptridium umbellatum , 186
caudiceferum , 186
Camel Cricket, 255
Camissonia boothii , 158 –59
desertorum , 158 –59
intermedia , 159
inyoensis , 158 –59
Camissonia chamaenerioides , 159
Camissonia claviformis , 159
claviformis , 159
integrior , 159
Camissonia pterosperma , 160
Camissonia refracta , 160
Camissonia walkeri , 160
tortilis , 160
Camponotus , 271
Canis latrans , 450
Canyon Bedstraw, 198
Canyon Mouse, 448
Canyon Wren, 398
Cap cloud, 7
Caprifoliaceae, 132 –33
Caprimulgidae, 376 –78
Carabidae, 258
Cardinalinae, 413 –15
Cardinals, 413 –15
Carex , 138
Carex subnigricans , 82
Carnivora, 450
Carnivores, 450 –56
Carpenter ants, 271
Carpenter Bee, 270
Carpodacus cassinii , 429
Carpodacus mexicanus , 429
Carpophilus , 259
Caryophyllaceae, 133 –34
Castilleja chromosa , 202
Castilleja linarieafolia , 202
Castilleja martinii , 202
clokeyi , 202
Castilleja miniata , 203
Castilleja minor , 203
Castor canadensis , 450
Castoridae, 450
Cathartes aura , 362
Cathartidae, 362
Catharus guttatus , 403
Catherpes mexicanus , 398
Catostomus fumeiventris , 272
Caulanthus crassicaulis , 128
Caulanthus glaucus , 128 –29
Caulostraminea jaegeri , 129
Celastrina ladon , 265
Centrocercus urophasianus , 370
Cerambycidae, 260
Ceratoides lanata , 136
Cercocarpus ledifolius , 79 , 191
Cercyonis oetus , 266
Cerocarpus intricatus , 191
Certhia americana , 396
Certhidae, 396 –97
Cervus elaphus , 456
Ceuthophilus lamellipes , 255
Chaenactis carphoclinia , 116
Chaenactis douglasii , 116
Chamaebatiaria millefolium , 192
Chamaesyce albomarginata , 140
Chamaesyce fendleri , 140
Checkered Beetle, 259
Checkered White Butterfly, 263
Cheilanthes feei , 146
Chenopodiaceae, 134 –37
Chenopodium atrovirens , 136
Chenopodium fremontii , 136
Chilopoda, 249
Chionactis occipatalis , 297 , 326
Chipmunks, 442 –44
Chipping Sparrow, 416 , 417 , 418
Chiroptera, 438 –39
Chlorochroa sayi , 255
Chlosyne (Charidryas) neumoegeni , 266
Chlosyne (Thessalia) leanira alma , 266
Chocolate Lily, 153
Chordeiles minor , 376
Chorizanthe brevicornu , 176
spathulata , 176
Chorizanthe rigida , 176
Chorizanthe watsonii , 176 –77
Chrysididae, 269
Chrysis , 269
Chrysomelidae, 260
Chrysothamnus gramineus , 121
Chrysothamnus nauseosus , 77
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus79 , 116
axillaris , 116
puberulus , 116
viscidiflorus , 116
Chuckwalla, 297 , 312 –13, 344
Chukar, 368
Cicadellidae, 257
Cicadidae, 257
Cicindela , 258
Cicindelidae, 258
Cinclidae, 400 –401
Cinclus mexicanus , 400
Cinder Gilia, 172 –73
Circotettix thalassinus , 254
Cirsium nidulum , 116
Clark's Nutcracker, 390 –91
Claytonia parviflora , 186
Clematis ligusticifolia , 189
brevifolia , 189
Cleridae, 259
Cliffbush, 200
Cliff Cabbage, 128 –29
Cliff dweller, 129
Cliff Goldenbush, 117
Cliff Rose, 192
Climate. See Weather
Clokey Blue Sage, 151 –52
Clokey Daisy, 118
Clokey Gilia, 170
Clokey Paintbrush, 202
Cloudfall, 7
Clustered Broomrape, 163 –64
Cnemidophorus tigris , 320 , 344 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 356
Coachwhip, 328 –30, 345 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Coccidae, 257
Coccinellidae, 260
Coenagrionidae, 253
Colaptes auratus , 380
Coleogyne ramosissima , 192
Coleonyx variegatus , 297 , 305 , 344 , 346
Coleoptera, 258
Colias eurytheme , 263
Collinsia parviflora , 203
Collomia linearis , 168
Colubridae, 324
Colubrids, 324 –40
Columbidae, 372 –73
Compositae, 113 –23
Comstock's Green Hairstreak, 265
Contopus borealis , 381
Contopus sordidulus, 382 –83
Convergent Ladybird Beetle, 260
Cooper Goldenbush, 117
Cooper's Hawk, 362 –64
Coppers, 264
Cordilleran geosyncline, 42 , 44
Cordilleran Phacelia, 148 –49
Cordylanthus helleri, 204
Cordylanthus kingii , 204
helleri , 204
Corvidae, 388 –92
Corvus corax , 391
Cottontop Cactus, 131
Cottonwood Plateau, 32 , 35 , 36
Cottonwood thrust, 50
Coville Gold-poppy, 164
Cowania mexicana , 192
dubia , 192
stansburiana , 192
Coyote, 450 –51
Coyote Tobacco, 210 –11
Crane flies, 267
Cream Bush, 193
Creek Stellaria, 134
Creepers, 396 –97
Crepis intermedia , 117
Cricetidae, 447
Crossidius hertipes nubilis , 261
Crossosoma Family, 137
Crossosomataeceae, 137
Crotalus cerastes , 297 , 298 , 340 , 345 , 348
Crotalus mitchellii , 297 , 298 , 342 , 346 , 348 , 355 , 357
Crotalus viridis , 297 , 343 , 351
Crotaphytus bicinctores , 307 , 344 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Crows, 388 –92
Cruciferae, 126 –30
Crustacea, 248 –49
Cryoplanation surfaces, 34
Cryptantha cinera , 124
abortiva , 124
Cryptantha confertiflora , 124
Cryptantha flavorculata , 124 –25
Cryptantha jamesii , 124
abortiva , 124
Cryptantha pterocarya , 125
Cryptantha roosiorum , 125
Cryptantha utahensis , 125
Cryptantha virginensis , 125 –26
Cuckoo Wasps, 269
Culicidae, 267
Cupressaceae, 97 –98
Cupreus Copper, 265
Curly Dock, 185
Cuscutaceae, 137 –38
Cuscuta nevadensis , 137
Cuscuta salina , 137
apoda , 137
Cuscuta suksdorfii , 138
subpedicellata , 138
Cushion plants, 82
Cut-leaf Daisy, 118
Cyanocitta stelleri , 388
Cylindrical Millipedes, 247 , 249
Cymopterus aboriginum , 112
Cyperaceae, 138
Cypress Family, 97
Cyprinodon radiosus , 272
Cystopteris fragilis , 146
D
Dalea searlsiae , 143 –44
Dampwood Termites, 253
Damselflies, 251 –52
Danaus plexippus , 266
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco, 425 , 426
Dark Wood Nymph, 266
Death Valley Phacelia, 149
Dedeckera eurekensis , 177
Dedickera, 177
Deep Spring formation, 50 , 51 , 52 –53
Deer Mouse, 447
Delphinium parishii , 189
Delphinium polycladon , 189
Dendragapus obscurus , 369
Dendroica coronata , 411
Dendroica nigrescens , 411
Dendroica petechia , 410
Deposition, 31 –40
Deschampsia caespitosa , 82
Desert Almond, 196
Desert Alyssum, 129
Desert Bitterbrush, 196 –97
Desert Buttercup, 190
Desert Figwort, 209
Desert Horned Lizard, 310 –12, 344 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Desert Iguana, 297 , 309 , 344
Desert Larkspur, 189
Desert Mariposa, 153
Desert Milk-aster, 122
Desert Mimulus, 204
Desert Mountain Penstemon, 207
Desert Needlegrass, 166 –67
Desert Night Lizard, 297 , 298 , 322 –24, 344 , 347 , 355
Desert Olive, 158
Desert Orchid, 162 –63
Desert Paintbrush, 202
Desert Pale Gilia, 171
Desert Peach, 196
Desert Plume, 130
Desert scrub zone, 77 –78
Desert Snapdragon, 206
Desert Snowberry, 133
Desert Spiny Lizard, 314 –16, 344 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Desert Sweet, 192
Desert Tobacco, 211
Desert Tomato, 210
Desert Trumpet, 180
Desert Wood Rat, 448
Dianthidium , 269
Diplopoda, 249
Dipodomys , 446
Dippers, 400 –401
Dipsosaurus dorsalis , 297 , 309 , 344
Diptera, 267
Disk flowers, 113
Dodder Family, 137 –38
Dodecatheon redolens , 188
Dolomite barrens, 82
Dolomite Milk-vetch, 142
Dotted-throat Gilia, 173
Douglas Pincushion, 116
Doves, 372 –73
Draba californica , 129
Draba oligosperma , 129
Dragonflies, 251 –52
Duran Alum Root, 199
Dwarf Everlasting, 114
Dwarf Meadow–rue, 190
Dwarf Phacelia, 148
Dwarf Quaking Aspen, 102
Dytiscidae, 258
E
Eagles, 362 –64
Eastern Brook Trout, 272 , 273 , 274 , 275
Echinocactus polycephalus , 131
Echinocereus engelmanni , 131
chrysocentrus , 131
Echinocereus triglochidiatus , 131
mojavensis , 131
Edith's Copper, 265
Edward's Blue, 264
Eleodes armatus , 260
Elfin Mimulus, 205
Elgaria multicarinata , 298 , 303 , 348
Elgaria panamintina , 298 , 304 , 346 , 353
Eliocharis , 138
Elm Family, 104
Elymus cinereus , 165
Emberizidae, 408 –13
Emberizids, 408 –13
Emberizinae, 415 –27
Empidonax oberbolseri , 383 , 384
Empidonax wrightii , 383
Encelia virginensis , 117
actonii , 117
Engelmann Cactus, 131
Ephedra Family, 138 –39
Ephedraceae, 138 –39
Epicauta oregona , 260
Epilobium adenocaulon , 161
parishii , 161
Epilobium angustifolium , 160 –61
circumvagum , 160 –61
Epilobium brevistylum , 161
Epilobium ciliatum , 161
ciliatum , 161
Epipactis gigantea , 162 –63
Eptesicus fuscus , 438
Equisetaceae, 139
Equisetum arvense , 139
Equisetum laevigatum , 139
Equus caballus , 460
Erect Milk-vetch, 142 –43
Eremophila alpestris , 386
Erethizon dorsatum , 450
Erethizontidae, 450
Eriastrum diffusum , 168
Eriastrum sparsiflorum , 77 , 168 –69
wilcoxii , 168
Ericameria cooperi , 117
Ericameria cuneata , 117
Erigeron aphanactis , 118
Erigeron argentatus , 118
Erigeron clokeyi , 118
Erigeron compositus , 118
glabratus , 118
Erigeron vagus , 82
Erigonum brachyanthum , 177
Erigonum caespitosum , 178
Erigonum ovalifolium , 82
Erigonum panamintense , 182
mensicola , 182
panamintense , 182
Eriogonum baileyi , 177
Eriogonum brachypodum , 177
Eriogonum cernuum , 178
Eriogonum deflexum , 178
baratum , 178
deflexum , 178
Eriogonum esmeraldense , 178
Eriogonum fasciculatum , 179
polifolium , 179
Eriogonum gracilipes , 82 , 179
Eriogonum heermannii , 179
argense , 179
humilius , 179
Eriogonum inflatum , 180
Eriogonum kearneyi , 181
monoense , 181
Eriogonum kennedyi , 180
purpusii , 180
Eriogonum maculatum , 180
Eriogonum microthecum , 180
ambiguum , 180
lapidicola , 181
laxiflorum , 180
Eriogonum mummulare , 181
Eriogonum nidularium , 181 –82
Eriogonum ovalifolium , 82 , 182
nivale , 182
ovalifolium , 182
Eriogonum pusillum , 182 –83
Eriogonum rosense , 183
Eriogonum rupinum , 183
Eriogonum umbellatum , 183 –84
chlorothamus , 184
devestivum , 184
umbellatum , 183
versicolor , 184
Eriogonum wrightii , 184
subscaposum , 184
Erosion, 30 –31
Erythemis simplicicollis , 252
Eschscholzia covillei , 164
Eschscholzia minutiflora , 164
darwinensis , 164
Esmeralda Buckwheat, 178
Euchloe hyantis lotta , 263
Eucnide urens , 154 –55
Eumeces gilberti , 298 , 318 , 347 , 353 , 355 , 356
Eumeces skiltonianus , 297 , 320 , 348 , 351
Euphagus cyanocephalus , 427
Euphorbia albomarginata , 140
Euphorbia fendleri , 140
Euphorbiaceae, 140
Euphydryas (Occidryas) anicia wheeleri , 266
Eureka Gold, 177
Eureka Valley pluton, 49
Eurotia lanata , 136
Eutamias , 444
Even-toe ungulates, 456 –60
Evening Primrose Family, 158 –62
F
Fabaceae, 140 –46
Falco mexicanus , 367
Falconidae, 366 –67
Falcons, 366 –67
Falco sparverius , 366
Faunal resemblance factors, 298
Felis concolor , 454
Fell-field Buckwheat, 82 , 182
Fendler Spurge, 140
Fern Bush, 192
Ferns, 146 –47
Festuca brachyphylla schult , 165
Festuca minutiflora , 165
Few-flowered Meadow-rue, 190 –91
Fiddleneck, 124
Figwort Family, 201 –10
Finches, 428 –32
Fine-leaved Rabbitbrush, 116
Fine Oxytheca, 185
Fireweed, 160 –61
Fishes, 272
Flat-topped Broomrape, 163
Flax Family, 154
Flax-leaved Monardella, 151
Flies, 267
Florida Worm Lizard, 291
Flowering plants, 108
Foehn wall, 7
Foehn winds, 7
Forestiera neomexicana , 158
Formica , 271
Formicidae, 270
Forsellesia nevadensis , 137
Four O'Clock Family, 156 –57
Fourwing Saltbush, 135
Fox Sparrow, 422 –23
Fragrant Forget-me-not, 125
Franseria dumosa , 113
Frasera puberulenta , 147
Freckled Milk-vetch, 142
Fremont Cottonwood, 100 –101
Fremont Goosefoot, 136
Fringed Myotis, 438
Fringillidae, 428 –32
Fritillaria atropurpurea , 153
Fritillaria pinetorum , 153
Frogs, 277 , 278 , 280 , 287 –89
Furnace Creek fault, 54
G
Galium hypotrichium , 197
hypotrichium , 197
inyoense , 197 –98
Galium matthewsii , 198
Galium multiflorum , 198
hirsutum , 198
multiflorum , 198
Galium stellatum , 198 –99
Gambelia wislizenii , 310 , 344 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Gayophytum diffusum , 161
parviflorum , 161
Gayophytum ramosissimum , 161
Geckos, 305 –6
Gekkonidae, 305 –6
Gentian Family, 147
Gentianaceae, 147
Gentianella tenella , 147
Geocoris bullatus , 256
Geologic history, 42 –54
Geomorphology
deposition, 31 –40
erosion, 30 –31
Geomyidae, 445
Geum macrophyllum , 192 –93
Giant Four O'clock, 157
Gila bicolor snyderi , 272
Gilbert Skink, 298 , 318 –20, 347 , 353 , 355 , 356
Gilia aggregata , 169
arizonica , 169
Gilia brecciarum , 169
neglecta , 169
Gilia campanulata , 169
Gilia cana , 169 –70
triceps , 169
Gilia clokeyi , 170
Gilia congesta , 170
montana , 170
Gilia filiformis , 170
Gilia gilioides , 170 –71
violacea , 170 –71
Gilia hutchinisifolia , 171
Gilia latifolia , 171
Gilia leptomeria , 171
Gilia ochroleuca , 171 –72
Gilia ophthalmoides , 172
Gilia polycladon , 172
Gilia scopulorum , 172
Gilia sinuata , 172 –73
Gilia stellata , 173
Glandular Buckwheat, 177
Glaucopsyche lygdamus , 265
Glaucopsyche piasus , 265
Glossy Snake, 297 , 324 –26, 344
Gnatcatchers, 401 –3
Gnats, 267
Gold Buttons, 118
Golden Currant, 200
Golden Eagle, 365 –66
Golden Forget-me-not, 124
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, 442 –43
Goosefoot Family, 134 –37
Gopher Snake, 332 , 345 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Gramineae, 164 –68
Granite Gilia, 174
Grass Family, 164 –68
Grasshopper, 250 –251, 253 –54
Gray Fox, 451 –52
Gray Goldenflower, 119
Gray-headed Junco, 425 , 426 , 427
Gray Horsebrush, 122 –23
Greasewood, 137
Great Basin Blue Sage, 152
Great Basin Collard Lizard, 307 –9, 344 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Great Basin Sagebrush, 78 , 87 , 114
Great Basin Sootywing, 262
Great Basin Spadefoot Toad, 287 , 297 , 344 , 346 , 348 , 349 , 355
Great Basin Wildrye, 165 –66
Great Horned Owl, 373 –74
Green Canyon Orchid, 163
Green Cinquefoil, 194
Green Jacket Dragonfly, 252 –53
Greenish Blue, 264
Green-tailed Towhee, 415 –16
Grizzly Bear Cactus, 132
Grosbeaks, 413 –15
Ground Beetles, 258
Ground Daisy, 123
Ground Snake, 334 –36, 345 , 348 , 351 , 355 , 357
Ground Squirrels, 442 –44
Grouse, 368 –72
Gryllacrididae, 255
Gulo luscus , 452
Gutierrezia microcephala , 118 –19
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus , 390
Gymnosteris parvula , 173
Gymnosteris, 173
H
Habenaria sparsiflora , 163
Hackelia brevicula , 126
Hackelia floribunda , 126
Hairy Primrose, 159
Hairy-winged Myotis, 438
Haplopappus cooperi , 117
Haplopappus cuneatus , 117
Hares, 439 –42
Harvestmen, 247
Hawks, 362 –64
Hawksbeard, 117
Heath Daisy, 120
Heermann Buckwheat, 179
Heller Bird's-beak, 204
Hemiptera, 255
Herbs, 77
Hermidium, 156
Hermit Thrush, 403 –4
Hesperia comma harpalus , 263
Hesperia juba , 263
Hesperia miriamae , 262
Hesperia uncas macswaini , 262
Hesperiidae, 262
Heteromyidae, 445
Heuchera duranni , 199
Heuchera rubescens , 199
pachypoda , 199
Hilaria jamesii , 165
Hippodamia convergens , 260
Hirundinidae, 387 –88
Hoary Bat, 438 –39
Hodotermitidae, 253
Holboell Rock Cress, 127
Holly Gilia, 171
Holodiscus dumosus , 193
glabrescens , 193
Holodiscus microphyllus , 193
Honey Bee, 270
Honeysuckle Family, 132 –33
Hopsage, 136 –37
Horkelia hispidula , 193
Horned Lark, 386 –87
Horsetail, 139
Horsetail Family, 139
Hover Fly, 268
Hulsea algida , 119
Hulsea vestita , 119
inyoensis , 119
Hummingbirds, 379
Hyantis Marble Butterfly, 263
Hydromantes , 282 –83, 297 , 348
Hydrophyllaceae, 148
Hyles lineata , 262
Hymenopappus filifolius , 119
nanus , 119
Hymenoptera, 268
Hymenoxys cooperi , 119
canescens , 119
Hypsiglena torquata , 326 , 344 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
I
Ichneumonidae, 269
Ichneumons, 269
Icteria virens , 413
Icterinae, 427 –28
Icterus parisorum , 427
Idaho Blue-eyed Grass, 150
Iguanidae, 306 –18
Iguanids, 306 –18
Indian Creek pluton, 51
Indian Parsley, 112
Indian Ricegrass, 166
Indian Tea, 139
Indigo Bush, 145 –46
Insecta, 249 –51
Insectivora, 437 –38
Insectivores, 437 –38
Inyo Bedstraw, 197 –98
Inyo Cutleaf, 119
Inyo Desert Plume, 130
Inyo Gentian, 147
Inyo Gold, 119
Inyo Hulsea, 119
Inyo Milk-vetch, 141
Inyo Mountain Parsley, 112
Inyo Mountains Salamander, 297
Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander, 281 , 353
Inyo Onion, 152
Inyo Perityle, 120 –21
Inyo Prickly Milk-vetch, 142
Inyo Primrose, 159
Inyo Rock Cress, 127
Inyo Shrew, 438
Ipomopsis aggregata , 169
arizonica , 169
Ipomopsis congesta , 170
montana , 170
Ipomopsis polycladon , 172
Iridaceae, 150
Iris Family, 150
Iris missouriensis , 150
Isopoda, 248
Isopods, 248 –49
Isoptera, 253
Ivesia lycopodioides , 193
scandularis , 193
Ivesia shockleyi , 193 –94
Ixodidae, 248
J
James' Galleta, 165
Jamesia americana , 200
californica , 200
Jays, 388 –92
Jeffrey Pine, 89 , 93 , 94 –95
Joshua Flat pluton, 49
Joshua Tree, 109
Juba Skipper, 263
Judolia instabilis , 261
July Gold, 177
Jumping Spiders, 247
Juncaceae, 150 –51
Junco caniceps , 425
Junco hyemalis , 425
Juncus, 150
Juniper Mistletoe, 212
Juniperus occidentalis , 98
Juniperus osteosperma , 78 , 79 , 97
K
Kangaroo Mice, 445 –46
Kangaroo Rats, 445 –46
Kearney Buckwheat, 181
Keckiella rotbrockii , 204
Kennedy Buckwheat, 180
Kern-Inyo Gilia, 169
Kern Plateau Salamander, 297
Kern Plateau Slender Salamander, 281
Kinglets, 401 –3
Kingsnake, 327 –28, 345 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Koeleria cristata , 165
Koeleria nitida , 165
L
Labiatae, 151 –52
Lagomorpha, 439 –42
Lagurus curtatus , 449
Lamb's Tail, 136
Lamiaceae, 151 –52
Lampropeltis getula , 327 , 345 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Langloisia setosissima , 173
punctata , 173
Laphamia inyoensis , 120
Laphamia megalocephala , 121
Lapland Gentian, 147
Lappula redowskii , 126
Large White Evening Primrose, 77 , 162
Large-headed Buttercup, 190
Larks, 386 –87
Lasiocampidae, 262
Lasionycteris noctivagans , 439
Lasiurus cinereus , 439
Last Chance thrust, 49
Latrodectus hesperus , 246
Lavender Wand Mallow, 156
Layia glandulosa , 120
Lazuli Bunting, 414 –15
Leaf Beetles, 260
Leafy Juniper Mistletoe, 212
Leanira Checkerspot, 266
Least Snapdragon, 201 –2
Leguminosae, 140 –46
Leib's Myotis, 438
Lemmings, 447 –49
Lemmon Rock Cress, 127 –28
Lepidium fremontii , 129
Lepidoptera, 261
Leptodactylon pungens , 173 –74
hallii , 173 –74
pulchriflorum , 173 –74
pungens , 174
Leptotyphlops humilis , 297 , 339 , 345
Leptotyphlopidae, 339
Lepus californicus , 440
Lepus townsendii , 441
Lesquerella kingii , 129 –30
kingii , 129 –30
Lesser Collomia, 168
Leucelene ericoides , 120
Leucosticte arctoa , 428
pygmaea , 187
Lewisia rediviva , 187
minor , 187
Leymus cinereus , 165 –66
Libellulidae, 252
Lichanura trivirgata , 297 , 324 , 352
Liliaceae, 152 –54
Lily Family, 152 –54
Limber Pine, 79 , 89 , 93 , 95 –96, 97
Limber Pine Buckwheat, 183
Limenitis lorquini , 266
Lime Sandwort, 133
Limestone Bedstraw, 197
Limestone Caulanthus, 128 –29
Limestone Evening Primrose, 161 –62
Limestone Lupine, 144
Limestone Primrose, 160
Limestone Sand-verbena, 156
Limestone Yellow-heads, 183
Linaceae, 154
Linanstrum nuttallii , 174
Linanthus nuttallii , 174
pubescens , 174
Linanthus parryae , 174
Little Brown Myotis, 438 , 439
Little Elephant's Head, 82 , 206
Little Gray Milk-vetch, 140 –41
Little-leaf Mahogany, 191
Little Paper-pod, 142
Little Umbrella-wort, 157
Littleleaf Mock Orange, 200
Lizards, 291
Loasaceae, 154 –55
Loasa Family, 154 –55
Lodgepole Pine, 79 , 89 , 93 , 95
Lomatium foeniculaceum , 112
fimbriatum , 112
inyoense , 112
Lomatium inyoense , 112
Lomatium macdougallii , 112
Lomatium mohavense , 112
Long-eared Myotis, 438
Long-eared Owl, 374 –75
Long-flowered Pursh Milk-vetch, 143
Long-horn Beetles, 260
Long-leaved Paintbrush, 202
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard, 310 , 344 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Long-nosed Snake, 332 , 345 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Long-tailed Meadow Vole, 449
Long-tailed Tits, 394
Long-tailed Weasel, 453 –54
Lorquin's Admiral, 266
Low Green Gentian, 147
Loxia curvirostra , 431
Lungless Salamanders, 281 –83
Lupine Blue, 265
Lupinus argenteus , 144
tenellus , 144
Lupinus brevicaulis , 144
Lupinus breweri , 145
bryoides , 145
Lupinus flavoculatus , 144
Lupinus palmeri , 144 –45
Lupinus tegeticulatus , 145
tegeticulatus , 145
Luzula , 150 –51
Lycaena (Gaeides) editha , 265
Lycaena (Chalceria) heteronea , 265
Lycaena cuprea , 265
Lycaenidae, 264
Lycium andersonii , 210
Lycium cooperi , 210
Lycosa , 246
Lycosidae, 246
Lygaeidae, 256
Lygaeus kalmii , 256
Lygodesmia spinosa , 122
Lynx rufus , 456
Lyre Snake, 297 , 338 –39, 352
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
N
Narrowleaf Cottonwood, 89 , 101
Narrowleaf Willow, 88
Narrow-leaved Primrose, 160
Narrow-leaved Sulphur Flower, 184
Navarretia breweri , 174
Needle and Thread, 167
Neominois ridingsii , 266
Neomysia , 260
Neotoma , 448
Nettle Family, 211
Neumoegen's Checkerspot, 266
Nevada Daisy, 118
Nevada Dodder, 137
Nevada Forsellesia, 137
Nevada Saltbush, 135 –36
Nevada Sandcress, 186
Nevada Viguiera, 123
Newberry Milk-vetch, 143
New World Vultures, 362
Nicotiana attenuata , 210 –11
Nicotiana trigonophylla , 211
Nicrophorus hecate , 259
Nighthawk, 376 –77
Nightjars, 376 –78
Night Lizards, 322 –24
Nightshade Family, 210 –11
Night Snake, 326 –27, 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Ninebark, 194
Nitulidae, 259
Nodding Buckwheat, 178
Nodding Melic, 166
Nonflowering plants, 109
Northern Bog Violet, 212
Northern Evening Primrose, 160
Northern Flicker, 380 –81
Northern Leopard Frog, 289 , 297
Northern Saw-whet Owl, 375 –76
North Fork Perry Aiken Creek, 35 , 36
Nothalaena parryi , 146
Nucifraga columbiana , 390
Nuthatches, 395 –96
Nuttall Cottontail, 441 –42
Nyctaginaceae, 156 –57
Nymphalidae, 266
Nymphalis (Aglais) milberti , 266
Nymphalis antiopa , 266
O
Ochotona princeps , 439
Odd-toed ungulates, 460
Odocoileus hemionus , 457
Odonata, 251
Oenothera caespitosa , 77 , 161 –62
crinita , 161 –62
longiflora , 162
marginata , 162
Oenothera chamaenerioides , 159
Oenothera claviformis , 159
Oenothera decorticans , 158
desertorum , 158
Oenothera hookeri , 162
angustifolia , 162
Oenothera multijuga , 160
parviflora , 160
Oenothera pterosperma , 160
Oenothera refracta , 160
Old Man Cactus, 132
Oleaceae, 158
Olive Family, 158
Olive-sided Flycatcher, 381 –82
Onagraceae, 158 –62
Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris , 273 , 275
Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri , 272 , 273
Onychomys torridus , 448
Ophion , 269
Opiliones, 247
Opisthospermophora, 249
Oporornis tolmiei , 411
Opuntia basilaris , 131 –32
Opuntia erinacea , 132
erinacea , 132
ursina , 132
utahensis , 132
Orange-crowned Warbler, 408 , 409
Orange Sulfur, 263
Orb-weaving Spiders, 246 , 247
Orchidaceae, 162 –63
Orchid Family, 162 –63
Oreoscoptes montanus , 405
Oreotyx pictus , 370
Orioles, 427 –28
Orobanchaceae, 163 –64
Orobanche corymbosa , 163
Orobanche fasciculata , 163 –64
Orthoptera, 253 –54
Oryzopsis hymenoides , 166
Otus kennicottii , 373
Oval-leaved Buckwheat, 182
Ovis canadensis , 459
Owens Chub, 272
Owens Dace, 272
Owens Pupfish, 272
Owens Sucker, 272
Owens Valley Penstemon, 208
Owens Valley Web-toed Salamander, 282 –83, 297 , 348
Oxybaphus pumilus , 157
Oxyria digyna , 184
Oxytheca dendroidea , 185
Oxytheca perfoliata , 185
Oxytropis parryi , 145
P
Pacific Treefrog, 285 –86, 297 , 348
Painted Lady, 266
Paiute, 464
Paiute Cutthroat Trout, 274 , 275
Paiute Trout, 273
Pale-UmbeUed Buckwheat, 184
Pallaea breweri , 147
Pallid Bat, 439
Pallid-winged Grasshopper, 254
Palmer Lupine, 144 –45
Palpatores, 248
Panamint Alligator Lizard, 298 , 304 –5, 346 , 353
Panamint Chipmunk, 444
Panamint Phacelia, 149
Papaveraceae, 164
Paper Loco, 142
Papilio indra nevadensis , 264
Papilio rutulus , 264
Papilionidae, 263
Papoose Flat pluton, 50
Paridae, 392 –94
Parry Cloak Fern, 146
Parry Oxytropis, 145
Partridge, 368 –72
Parulinae, 408 –13
Parus gambeli , 392
Parus inornatus , 393
Passerella iliaca , 422
Passerina amoena , 414
Peach-thorn, 210
Pea Family, 140 –46
Pebble Pincushion, 116
Pedicularis attolens , 82 , 206
Pellisier Flats, 34
Penamint Buckwheat, 182
Pennsylvania Potentilla, 195 –96
Penstemon , 77
Penstemon bridesii , 208
Penstemon confusus patens , 208
Penstemon floridus , 207
austinii , 207
floridus , 207
Penstemon fruticiformis , 207
Penstemon heterodoxus , 82 , 207
Penstemon monoensis , 207 –8
Penstemon patens , 208
Penstemon rostiflorus , 208
Penstemons, 77
Penstemon scapoides , 208
Penstemon speciosus , 208 –9
Pentatomidae, 255
Pepsis , 269
Peraphyllum ramosissimum , 194
Periplaneta americana , 254
Perissodactyla, 460
Perityle inyoensis , 120 –21
Perityle megalocephala , 121
Perognathus , 445
Peromyscus , 447 –48
Petalonyx nitidus , 155
Petalostemum searlsiae , 143 –44
Petradoria discoidea , 121
Petrophytum caespitosum , 194
Phacelia crenulata , 148
Phacelia curvipes , 148
Phacelia fremontii , 148
Phacelia hastata , 148 –49
Phacelia perityloides , 149
Phacelia vallis–mortae , 149
Phalaenoptilus nuttalli , 377
Phasianidae, 368 –72
Pheucticus melanocephalus , 413
Philadelphus microphyllus , 200
stramineus , 200
Philadelphus stramineus , 200
Phlox covillei , 175
Phlox Family, 168 –75
Phlox hoodii , 175
canescens , 175
Phlox longifolia , 175
stansburyi , 175
Phlox stansburyi , 175
Phodaga alticeps , 260
Pholisora catullus , 262
Pholisora libya lena , 262
Phoradendron bolleanum , 212
densum , 212
Phoradendron juniperinum , 212
junperinum , 212
Phrynosoma platyrhinos , 310 , 344 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus , 297 , 330 , 352
Physcocarpus alterans , 194
Picidae, 379 –81
Picoides villosus , 380
Pieridae, 263
Pieris rapae , 263
Pigeons, 372 –73
Pigmy Primrose, 160
Pika, 439 –42
Pinaceae, 92
Pineapple Cactus, 132
Pine Family, 92
Pine Fritillary, 153
Pink Family, 133 –34
Pink Ranunculus, 189 –90
Pinus edulis , 93
Pinus longaeva , 29 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 96
Pinus monophylla , 78 , 79 , 92 , 93 , 470 –72
Pinus murrayana , 79 , 89 , 95
Pinus ponderosa , 79 , 87 , 94
Pinyon Brickellia, 115
Pinyon Dwarf Mistletoe, 212
Pinyon Gayophytum, 161
Pinyon Gilia, 172
Pinyon Goosefoot, 136
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland zone, 78 –79
Pinyon Microthecum, 181
Pinyon Mouse, 447
Pinyon Pine, 78 , 79 , 92 –94, 470 –72
Pinyon Rabbitbrush, 116
Pinyon Streptanthus, 130
Pipilo chlorurus , 415
Pipilo erythrophthalmus , 416 , 417
Pipistrellus hesperus , 438
Piranga ludoviciana , 413
Pituophis catenifer , 332 , 345 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Plain Panamint Buckwheat, 182
Plain Titmouse, 393 –94
Planation surfaces, 34
Plants
flowering, 108
nonflowering, 109
part designations, 110 –11
Plant zones, 77
Platanthera sparsiflora , 163
Plateau Gooseberry, 201
Plebejus acmon , 265
Plebejus (Icaricia) icarioides , 264
Plebejus lupini , 265
Plebejus (Lycaeides) melissa paradoxa , 264
Plebejus saepiolus , 264
Plebejus shasta , 265
Plecotus townsendii , 439
Plethodontidae, 281
Pleurospasta mirabilis , 260
Poa ampla , 166
Poaceae, 164 –68
Poa gracillima , 166
Poa incurva , 166
Poa nevadensis , 166
Poa sandbergii , 166
Poa scabrella , 166
Poa secunda , 166
Pocket Gophers, 445
Pocket Mice, 445 –46
Polemoniaceae, 168 –75
Polemonium chartaceum , 82 , 175
Poleta folds, 49
Polioptila caerulea , 402
Polites sabuleti tecumseh , 262
Polygonaceae, 175 –85
Pompilidae, 269
Ponderosa Pine, 79 , 87 , 88 , 93 , 94
Pontia beckerii , 263
Pontia protodice , 263
Poocetes gramineus , 420
Poorwill, 377 –78
Poppy Family, 164
Populus angustifolia , 89 , 101
Populus fremontii , 100
Populus tremuloides , 79 , 89 , 90 , 101
Porcupines, 450
Portulacaceae, 186 –87
Potentilla biennis , 194
Potentilla breweri , 194 –95
Potentilla falbelliformis , 195
Potentilla fruticosa , 195
Potentilla gracilis , 195
flabelliformis , 195
glabrata , 195
nutallii , 195
Potentilla pectinisecta , 195
Potentilla pennsylvanica , 195 –96
strigosa , 195
Potentilla pseudosericea , 196
Potentilla saxosa , 196
Prairie Clover, 143 –44
Prairie Falcon, 367
Prickly Phlox, 173 –74
Prickly Poppy, 164
Prickly Sandwort, 133
Primrose Family, 187 –88
Primulaceae, 187 –88
Prince's Plume, 130
Prince's Rock Cress, 128
Pronghorn Antelope, 457 , 458 , 459
Prunus andersonii , 196
Prunus fasciculata , 196
Psaltriparus minimus , 394
Pseudacris regilla , 285 , 297 , 348
Pseudoscorpiones, 248
Psorothamnus arborescens , 145
minutifolius , 145
Pterostichus , 258
Pteryxia petraea , 112
Pungent Brickellbush, 115
Purple Phacelia, 148
Purselane Family, 186 –87
Purshia glandulosa , 196 –97
Purslane Speedwell, 210
Pussy Paws, 186
Pussytoes, 114
Pygmy Blue, 265
Pygmy Nuthatch, 396
Q
Quail, 368 –72
Quaking Aspen, 79 , 89 , 90 , 100 , 101 –2
Quassia Family, 103 –4
R
Rabbitbrush, 77
Rabbits, 439 –42
Rainbow Trout, 272 , 273 , 274
Rana catesbeiana , 287 –88
Ranunculaceae, 188 –91
Ranunculus andersonii , 189 –90
Ranunculus cymbalaria , 190
saximontanus , 190
Ranunculus eschscholtzii , 190
oxynotus , 190
Ranunculus glaberrimus , 190
ellipticus , 190
Rats, 447 –49
Rattlesnake Weed, 140
Raven, 391 –92
Red Admiral, 266
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 395
Red Columbine, 188
Red Crossbill, 431 –32
Red-naped Sapsucker, 379 –80
Red-spotted Toad, 285 , 297 , 351 , 353
Red-tailed Hawk, 364 –65
Red Thistle, 116 –17
Reed Dolomite, 90
Regula calendula , 401
Reithrodontomys megalotis , 447
Reptiles, 291 –92
biogeography, 293 –303
observing, 292 –93
Rhineura floridana , 291
Rhinichthys osculus , 272
Rhinocheilus lecontei , 332 , 345 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Ribes aureum , 200
aureum , 200
Ribes cereum , 200 –201
Ribes divaricatum , 201
inerme , 201
Ribes inerme , 201
Ribes velutinum , 201
glanduliferum , 201
Riding's Satyr, 266
Rintail, 452
Rixford Rickwort, 134
Roaches, 253 –54
Rock Gilia, 172
Rock Goldenrod, 121
Rock Melic, 166
Rock Nettle, 154 –55
Rock Potentilla, 196
Rock Primrose, 160
Rock Pteryxia, 112 –13
Rock Senecio, 121
Rock Spiraea, 194
Rock Wren, 397 –98
Rocky Mountain Woodsia, 147
Rodentia, 442 –56
Rodents, 442 –56
Roos Forget-me-not, 125
Rosa woodsii , 197
ultramontana , 197
Rosaceae, 191 –97
Rosalia funebris , 261
Rose Family, 191 –97
Rose Four O'clock, 156
Rose Penstemon, 207
Rosette plants, 82
Rosy Everlasting Flowers, 114
Rosy Finch, 428 –29
Rosy-thorn, 176
Rough Heermann Buckwheat, 179
Rubiaceae, 197 –99
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 401 –2
Rue Family, 199
Rufous-sided Towhee, 416 , 417
Rumex crispus , 185
Rumex paucifolius , 185
gracilescens , 185
paucifolius , 185
Rush Family, 150 –51
Rush, 150
Rutaceae, 199
S
Sagebrush Chipmunk, 444
Sagebrush Lizard, 314 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Sagebrush Strangler, 163
Sagebrush Vole, 449
Sagebrush, 30
Sage Hen Flat, 49 –50
Sage Sparrow, 421 –22
Sage Thrasher, 405 –6
Salamanders, 277
Salicaceae, 99 –102
Salix , 102
Salix lutea , 77
Salpinctus obsoletus , 397
Saltbush Family, 134 –37
Salt Cedar, 211
Salticidae, 247
Salvadora hexalepis , 334 , 345 , 348 , 351 , 355 , 357
Salvelinus fontinalis , 272 , 273
Salvia dorrii , 151 –52
clokeyi , 151
dorrii , 151 –52
Sambucus caerulea , 132 –33
Sand Blossoms, 174
Sand-corn, 154
Sand Gilia, 171
Sandhill Skipper, 262
Sarcobatus vermiculatus , 137
Saucer Plant, 185
Sauromalus obesus , 297 , 312 , 344
Sawflies, 268
Saxifragaceae, 199 –201
Saxifrage Family, 199 –201
Say's Phoebe, 385
Sayornis saya , 385
Scale Bud, 113 –14
Scarabidae, 259
Scarlet Loco, 141
Scarlet Milk-vetch, 141
Scarlet Mimulus, 204 –5
Scarlet Penstemon, 208
Sceloporus graciosus , 297 , 314 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Sceloporus magister , 314 , 344 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Sceloporus occidentalis , 297 , 316 , 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Scincidae, 318 –20
Scirpus , 138
Sciuridae, 442 –44
Sclerocactus polyancistrus , 132
Scopulophilia rixfordii , 134
Scorpiones, 246
Scott's Oriole, 427 –28
Scouring Rush, 139
Scrophularia californica , 209
Scrophularia desertorum , 209
Scrophulariaceae, 201 –10
Scrub Jay, 389 –90
Seasonal storms, 5 –7
Sedge, 138
Sedge Family, 138
Sego Lily, 152 –53
Selasphorus platycercus , 379
Senecio canus , 121
Senecio douglasii , 121 –22
monoensis , 121 –22
Senecio multilobatus , 122
Serica , 259
Service Berry, 191
Shasta Aster, 120
Shining Bedstraw, 198
Shiny-leaved Sandpaper Plant, 155
Shockley Goldenhead, 113
Shockley Ivesia, 193 –94
Shooting Star, 188
Short-flowered Buckwheat, 177
Short-horned Grasshoppers, 254
Short-stemmed Blue Lupine, 144
Short-tailed Black Swallowtail, 264
Showy Gilia, 169 –70
Showy Penstemon, 208 –9
Shrews, 437
Shrubby Bedstraw, 198 –99
Shrubby Cinquefoil, 195
Shrubs, 108
Sialia currucoides , 403
Side-blotched Lizard, 317 –18, 344 , 346 , 350 , 355 , 356
Sidewinder, 297 , 298 , 340 –42, 345 , 348
Sierra Garter Snake, 298 , 336 –37, 348
Sierra Juniper, 98
Sierra Skipper, 262
Sierra Soda-straw, 109
Sierran Blue-winged Grasshopper, 254
Silene bernardina , 134
maguirei , 134
Silicle, 127
Silique, 127
Silky Potentilla, 195
Silphidae, 259
Silver Moss, 145
Silvery Blue, 265
Silvery-haired Bat, 439
Simarubaceae, 103 –4
Sisyrinchium idahoense , 150
Sitta canadensis , 395
Sitta carolinensis , 395 –96
Sitta pygmaea , 396
Sittidae, 395 –96
Siva Hairstreak, 265
Skeleton Weed, 178
Skinks, 318 –20
Skippers, 262
Skunks, 454
Slender Blind Snakes, 339 –40
Slender Epilobium, 161
Slender Lip Fern, 146
Small-flowered Fescue, 165
Small-footed Myotis, 438
Small-leaved Monardella, 151
Small Mohavea, 206
Small Silky Potentilla, 196
Smilacina stellata , 153 –54
Smooth-leaved Elm, 104
Snakes, 291
Snapdragon Family, 201 –10
Snow Buttercup, 190
Snowfall, 21 –24
Solanaceae, 210 –11
Soldier Blister Beetle, 260
Solidago multiradiata , 122
Solifugidae, 248
Solitary Vireo, 406 –7
Sonora semiannulata , 334 , 345 , 348 , 351 , 355 , 357
Sootywing, 262
Sorex , 437 –38
Southern Alligator Lizard, 298 , 303 , 348
Southern Grasshopper Mouse, 448
Southwestern Black-headed Snake, 297 , 336 , 345 , 348
Sparrows, 415 –27
Spea intermontana , 287 , 29 , 344 , 346 , 348 , 349 , 355
Speckled Rattlesnake, 297 , 298 , 342 –43, 346 , 348 , 355 , 357
Spermophilus lateralis , 442 –43
Sphaeralcea ambigua , 155 –56
monticola , 156
rosacea , 156
Sphingidae, 262
Sphyrapicus nuchalis , 379
Spiders, 246 –48
Spikebrush, 138
Spilogale putorius , 454
Spindle loco, 143
Spiny Hopsage, 77
Spiny Menodora, 158
Spizella atrogularis , 419
Spizella breweri , 418
Spizella passerina , 416
Sporobolus airoides , 167
Spotted Buckwheat, 180
Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake, 297 , 330 –32, 352
Spreading Eriastrum, 168
Spreading gilia, 172
Spring Azure, 265
Spurge Family, 140
Squamata, 291
Squaw Apple, 194
Squirreltail, 167
Squirreltail Grass, 82
Stagmomantis californica , 255
Stanleya elata , 130
Stanleya pinnata , 130
inyoensis , 130
pinnata , 130
Stansbury Phlox, 175
Starflower, 153 –54
Stellaria longpipes , 134
Steller's Jay, 388 –89
Stephanomeria pauciflora , 122
Stephanomeria spinosa , 122
Stick-leaf Family, 154 –55
Stick-seed, 126
Sticky Aster, 120
Stinging Nettle, 211
Stipa comata , 167
Stipa speciosa , 167 –68
Straggly Gooseberry, 201
Stream Orchid, 162 –63
Streamside Paintbrush, 203
Streptanthus cordatus , 130
Strigidae, 373 –76
Striped Skunk, 454
Striped Whipsnake, 297 , 330 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 357
Striplex confertifolia , 77
Subalpine zone, 79 –81
Suksdorf Miniature Mimulus, 206
Sulfurs, 263
Sulphur Flower, 183 –84
Sulphur-throated Forget-me-not, 124 –25
Summer Snowflakes, 161
Sunflower Family, 113 –23
Swallows, 387 –88
Swallowtails, 263 –64
Swifts, 378
Sylvilagus nuttalli , 441
Sylvinae, 401 –3
Symphoricarpos longiflorus , 133
Synoptic scale, 3
Synoptic-scale circulation
seasonal storms, 5 –7
weather regimes, 4 –5
Syrphidae, 268
T
Tachycineta thalassina , 387
Tadarida brasiliensis , 439
Tall Angelica, 109
Tall Hackelia, 126
Tall Perityle, 121
Tall Skeleton Weed, 178
Tall Yellow Evening Primrose, 162
Tamaricaceae, 211
Tamarisk Family, 211
Tamarix ramosissima , 211
Tanagers, 413
Tantilla hobartsmithi , 297 , 336 , 345 , 348
Tarantula Hawks, 269
Taxidea taxus , 453
Tegrodera latecincta , 260
Teiidae, 320
Tenebrionidae, 260
Tent Caterpillar, 262
Tenthredinidae, 268
Tenthredo , 268
Termites, 253
Tetradymia canescens , 122 –23
Tetranychidae, 248
Tettigoniidae, 254
Thalictrum alpinum , 190
Thalictrum sparsiflorum , 190 –91
Thamnophis couchii , 298 , 336 , 348
Thamnophis elegans , 297 , 338 , 349
Thamnosma montana , 199
Thelypodium jaegeri , 129
Theraphosidae, 246
Theridiidae, 246
Thicket Hairstreak, 265
Thomomys , 445
Thorny Skeleton Plant, 122
Thorybes mexicana blanca , 263
Thrashers, 405 –6
Thraupinae, 413
Threadleaf, 118 –19
Three Hearts, 149
Thrushes, 403 –5
Thryomanes bewickii , 398
Thunderstorms, 9 –11
Ticks, 248
Tiger Beetles, 258
Timbrook Dotted Langloisia, 173
Tipula , 267
Tipulidae, 267
Titmice, 392 –94
Toad Lily, 187
Toads, 277 , 278 , 280 , 283 –85
Tonopah low, 6
Toposcale effects, 11 –12
Torch Cactus, 131
Towhees, 415 –27
Townsend's Solitaire, 403 , 404
Townsendia scapiegera , 123
Tree of Heaven, 103 –4
Trees, 87 –92
key to, 104 –6
Tricardia watsonii , 149
Trichodes ornatus , 259
Trifolium andersonii , 82 , 146
monoense , 146
Trilobites, 46
Trimerotropis pallidipennis , 254
Trimorphodon biscutatus , 297 , 338 , 352
Trochilidae, 379
Troglodytes aedon , 398
Troglodytidae, 397 –400
Tuberolachnus salignus , 256
Tufted Hairgrass, 82
Tule Elk, 456 –57
Turdinae, 403 –5
Turdus migratorius, 404 –5
Turpentine Broom, 199
Twig Girdler, 259
Two-needled Pinyon, 93
Typical Owls, 373 –76
Tyrannidae, 381 –86
Tyrant Flycatchers, 381 –86
U
Uinta Chipmunk, 444
Ulmaceae, 104
Ulmus carpinifolia , 104
Uncas Skipper, 262 –63
Urocyon cinereoargenteus , 451
Urtica dioica , 211
gracilis , 211
holosericea , 211
Urtica holosericea , 211
Urticaceae, 211
Uta stansburiana , 317 , 344 , 346 , 350 , 355 , 356
Utah Juniper, 78 , 79 , 97 –98
Utah Prickly Pear, 132
V
Vanessa annabella , 266
Vanessa atalanta , 266
Vanessa cardui , 266
Varicolored Buckwheat, 184
Varied Bluegrass, 166
Vegetable Velcro, 154 –55
Verbascum thapsus , 209
Vermivora celata , 408
Vermivora virginiae , 408
Veronica americana , 209
Veronica peregrina , 210
xalapensis , 210
Vesper Sparrow, 420
Viguiera multiflora , 123
nevadensis , 123
Viola nephrophylla , 212
Violaceae, 212
Violet Family
Violet Gilia, 170
Violet-green Swallow, 387 –88
Viperidae, 340
Vipers, 340 –43
Vireo gilvus , 407
Vireo solitarius , 406
Vireonidae, 406 –8
Vireos, 406 –8
Virgin's Bower, 189
Virginia's Warbler, 408 , 409 , 410
Virgin Valley Cryptantha, 125 –26
Viscaceae, 212 –13
Volcanic Pale Gilia, 171 –72
Voles, 447 –49
W
Warbling Vireo, 407 –8
Wasps, 268
Waterleaf Family, 148 –49
Water Shrew, 437 –38
Watson Chorizanthe, 176 –77
Waucoba Lake beds, 37
Waucoban Series, 46
Wax Currant, 200 –201
Weather
atmospheric circulation patterns, 3 –4
mesoscale phenomena
mountain lee waves, 7 –9
thunderstorms, 9 –11
synoptic-scale circulation
seasonal storms, 5 –7
weather regimes, 4 –5
toposcale effects, 11 –12
Weather observations
climate hazards, 25 –26
precipitation, 18 –21
snowfall, 21 –24
temperature, 16 –18
weather stations, 12 –16
wind, 24 –25
Weather regimes, 4 –5
Weather stations, 12 –16
West Coast Lady, 266
Western Banded Gecko, 297 , 305 –6, 344 , 346
Western Big-eared Bat, 439
Western Blind Snake, 297 , 339 –40, 345
Western Fence Lizard, 297 , 316 –17, 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Western Harvest Mouse, 447
Western Patch-nosed Snake, 334 , 345 , 348 , 351 , 355 , 357
Western Pipistrelle, 438
Western Rattlesnake, 297 , 343 , 351
Western Screech-Owl, 373 , 374
Western Shovel-nosed Snake, 297 , 326 , 344
Western Skink, 297 , 320 , 348 , 351
Western Tanager, 413
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake, 297 , 338 , 349
Western Tiger Swallowtail, 264
Western Toad, 283 , 297 , 298 , 346 , 348 , 349 , 351
Western Whiptail, 320 –22, 344 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 356
Western Wood-Pewee, 382 –83
Westgard Penstemon, 208
Whiptails, 320 –22
White-breasted Nuthatch, 395 –96
White-crowned Sparrow, 424 , 425
White Cymopterus, 112
White-flowered Draba, 129
White Globe-gilia, 170
White-lined Sphinx Moth, 262
White Mountain Draba, 129
White Mountain Forget-me-not, 126
White Mountain Horkelia, 193
White Mountain Ivesia, 193
White Mountain Parsley, 112
White Mountain Sky Pilot, 82 , 175
Whites, 263
White Tack-stem, 115
White-tailed Hare, 441
White-throated Swift, 378
White Tidy-tips, 120
Whorlflower, 82
Whorlflower Penstemon, 207
Wilcox Woolly Star, 77 , 168 –69
Wild Horses, 460
Wild Iris, 150
Wild Rose, 197
Willow Family, 99 –102
Willow Larkspur, 189
Wind, 24 –25
Wind Scorpions, 248
Wing-nut Forget-me-not, 125
Winter Fat, 136
Wolverine, 452 –53
Wood Brownies, 153
Woodpeckers, 379 –81
Wood Rats, 448
Woodrush, 150 –51
Woodsia scopulina , 147
Wood Warblers, 408 –13
Woody Bottle Washer, 158 –59
Wool Cache Plant, 122
Woolly Caulanthus, 128
Woolly Mullein, 209
Woolly Phlox, 175
Wrens, 397 –400
Wright Buckwheat, 184
Wyman formation, 46 , 50 , 51 , 52 –53
X
Xantusia vigilis , 297 , 298 , 322 , 344 , 347 , 355
Xantusiidae, 322
Xylocopa californica arizonensis , 270
Xylorhiza tortifolia , 123
Y
Yellow-bellied Marmot, 442
Yellow-breasted Chat, 412 , 413
Yellow-eyes, 144
Yellow Gilia, 170
Yellow-green Matchweed, 118 –19
Yellow-Jeffrey Pine, 90
Yellow Microthecum, 180
Yellow Navarretia, 174
Yellow Pine, 94
Yellow-rumped Warbler, 411
Yellow Tack-stem, 115
Yellow-throats, 148
Yellow Turbans, 182 –83
Yellow Warbler, 410 –11
Yellow Willow, 77
Yucca brevifolia , 109
Yuma Myotis, 438
Z
Zebra-tailed Lizard, 297 , 298 , 306 –7, 344 , 346 , 350 , 354
Zenaida macroura , 372
Zigadenus paniculatus , 154
Zonotrichia leucophrys , 425
Zootermopsis , 253
Zygophyllaceae, 213