- Source: Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness
The Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness is in the eastern Mojave Desert and within Mojave Trails National Monument, located in San Bernardino County, California.
Geography
The wilderness lies in the northern end of the Sacramento Mountains, east of the Piute Mountains and 18 miles (29 km) west of Needles, California, along Interstate 40 as its northern border. The wilderness covers approximately 14,645 acres (5,927 ha). Elevations range from 1,400 to 3,314 feet (427 to 1,010 m) at the top of the Sacramento range's Bannock Peak.
Flora and fauna
In the wilderness area the vegetation types are predominantly of the creosote bush scrub plant community. The densest concentration of Bigelow cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) in all California's deserts is found within the wilderness area and the surrounding terrain.
Wildlife is typical for the Mojave Desert; including coyote, black-tailed jackrabbit, ground squirrel, kangaroo rat, quail, roadrunner, rattlesnakes, and several species of lizards. The area provides habitat for migrating desert bighorn sheep. The western half of the wilderness area provides critical habitat for the threatened desert tortoise.
References
External links
"Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness Area". Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
"Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness map" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
"Cholla Garden Wilderness Area photographs". Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
"U.S. National Wilderness Preservation System Map". Wilderness.net.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness
- San Bernardino County, California
- Piute Mountains
- Protected areas of California
- List of wilderness areas of the United States
- Trilobite Wilderness
- Ward Valley (California)
- Mojave Trails National Monument
- Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness
- Hoover Wilderness
