Inyo Mountains
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The Inyo Mountains are a short mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California in the United States.[1] The range separates the Owens Valley to the west from Saline Valley to the east, extending for approximately Script error: No such module "convert". south-southeast from the southern end of the White Mountains, from which they are separated by Westgard Pass, to the east of Owens Lake.
Geologically, the mountains are a fault block range in the Basin and Range Province, at the western end of the Great Basin. They are considered to be among the most important and best-known Late Proterozoic to Cambrian sections in the United States.[2]
Wilderness
Most of the mountain range (Script error: No such module "convert".) is designated as the Inyo Mountain Wilderness, managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the south and the United States Forest Service in the north.[3] The USFS manages Script error: No such module "convert". of the wilderness all within Inyo National Forest.[4]
Wildlife in the area includes the endangered Inyo Mountains salamander and the desert bighorn sheep.[5] Plant communities include creosote and sagebrush at lower altitudes, and bristlecone pine forests at higher altitudes.[6] A number of rare and endemic plants are adapted to the unique limestone soils of the mountains, including the cliffdweller,[7] bristlecone cryptantha,[8] and Inyo rock daisy.[9]
References
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- ↑ Localities of the Cambrian: White-Inyo Mountains
- ↑ Inyo Mountains Wilderness - Wilderness Connect
- ↑ Inyo Mountains Wilderness - Inyo National Forest
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- ↑ Inyo Mountains Wilderness - Wilderness Connect
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External links
- Inyo Mountain Wilderness - BLM