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Table
of Contents:
Preface
and Dedication, C.A. Hall
Floristic
Habitats of the White Mountains, California and Nevada: A Local Approach
to Plant Communities, James D. Morefield 1
Exceptionally
Low Seed Set in Dedeckera eurekensis: Is There a Genetic Component of
Extinction?
Delbert Wiens, Cedric I. Darvern, and Clyde L. Calvin 19
Compentition
for Soil Moisture between two Owens Valley Shrubs: The Roots of the Matter,
Sara J. Manning 30
Stem
Fluting and its Function in Nevada Saltbrush (Atriplex torreyi), David
P. Gornevald 37
Light
Dynamics in Nevada Saltbrush (Atriplex torreyi) Canopies, David P.
Gornevald 46
Draba
(Cruciferae) in the White Mountians, Robert A. Price and Reed C. Rollins
52
Phytogeography
of Deciduous Trees in the White Mountains, California-Nevada, Ann
M. Peterson and Deborah L. Elliott-Fisk 59
The
Single-needle Pinyons – One Taxon or Three? D. K. Bailey 69
Weedy
Annuals in the Alpine Zone of the White Mountains, California, Timothy
P.Spira and Lisa K. Wagner 92
The
Vegetation and Flora of Fish Slough and Vicinity, Inyo and Mono Counties,
California Holly C. Forbes, Wayne R. Ferren, Jr., and J. R. Haller
99
Late
Quaternary Vegetation Change in the White Mountain Region, Stephen
Jennings 139
The
Tree Community of the Golden Trout Wilderness, Michael D. Rourke 148
New,
Rare, and Geographically Interesting Plants along the Crest of the Southern
Sierra Nevada, California, James R. Shevock 161
Naturalized
Populations of the Desert Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera, in Death Valley
National Monument, James W. Cornett 167
Phytogeography
of Sand Dunes in the great Basin and Mojave Deserts, Bruce M. Pavlik
175
The
Story Behind the Story of Eureka Sand Dunes: What Happened When Scientists
jumped Down from Their Pedestals into Rough-and-tumble Politics, Genny
Smith 195
The
Lands and Natural Areas Project: Identifying and Protecting Californias
Significant Natural Areas, Marc Hoshovsky 199
Eureka
Valley Sand Dunes, Robert M. Norris 207
The
Dendrochronological Potential of East-central California, Deborah
L. Elliott-Fisk and A. Diane Ryerson 212
A
Sensitive Plant-monitoring Study on the Eureka Dunes, Inyo County,
California, Mark Bagley 223
Some
Preliminary Observations on Hawkmoth Pollination of Oenothera caespitosa
and Mirabilis multiflora, Scott A. Hodges 244
Does
Previous Defoliation Affect Ovipositional Choice of the Western Tent Caterpillar?
William P. Weaver 250
Plant
Communities as the Nutrient Base of Mountain Sheep Populations, John
D. Wehausen and Michael C. Hansen 256
Differences in Successional Vegetation of a sagebrush Community Following
Wildfire On Two Diverse Substrates, Roy A. Woodward and Susan L. Ustin
269
Cattle
Grazing in Southeastern Sierran Meadows; Ecosystem Change and Prospects
for Recovery,
Dennis C. Odion, Tom L. Dudley and Carla M. D’Antonio 277
Vegetation
Patterns Derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper Images in Owens Valley,
Susan L. Ustin, Milton O. Smith, and John B. Adams 293
C.
A. Purpus: His Collection Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley,
California, Barbara Ertter 303
Appendix: Vascular
Flora of the White Mountains of California and Nevada: A Updated, Synonymized
Working Checklist, James D. Morefield, Dean Wm. Taylor, and Mary DeDecker
310
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