California Exotic Plant Management Team--Work Summary and Overall Recommendations for Devils Postpile National Monument, July 13-20, 2005
Author unknown. 2005. California Exotic Plant Management Team--Work Summary and Overall Recommendations for Devils Postpile National Monument, July 13-20, 2005. California Exotic Plant Management Team. Devils Postpile, CA
Devil’s Postpile National Monument is 800 acres of pristine wilderness surrounded by the Inyo National Forest. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada at an elevation of 7,560 ft, and contains the middle fork of the San Joaquin River. Forested areas consist of Pinus ponderosa, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus contorta, Abies concolor, and Abies magnifica. Dominant species in riparian areas are Salix spp., Cirsium andersonii, Alnus incantana and Pteridium aquilinum. Along the trails throughout the park you are sure to see Wyethia mollis, various Lupinus spp., and Populus trembuloides. There are several small meadows that host beautiful wildflowers such as Plantanthera leucostachys, Dodecatheon pulchellum, Aconium columbianum, and a Castilleja spp., as well as native rushes and sedges. In 1992 the Rainbow fire burned 80 percent of the monument, in places so severely that native tree species have been slow to return. In these open, loosely soiled, snag-laden burn areas the vegetative cover is mostly shrubs: Ceanothus ssp., Ribes montigenum McClatchie and Arctostaphylos nevedensis.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Author unknown
- Date of Issue
- 2005-07
- Publisher
- California Exotic Plant Management Team
- Units
- DEPO
- Keywords
- bull thistle, cheat grass, Devils Postpile National Monument, nonnative species, prickly lettuce, salsify