May 24,1924 Significance of the Southwestern Desert Vegetation 
785 
CREOSOTE BUSH, 
AND YUCCA-CACTUS 
TUCSONjARIZ. 
DESERT SAGE, 
BARSTOW, CALJE 
DESERT GRASS AND 
CREOSOTE BUSH, 
DOUGLAS, ARJZ. 
DESERT GRASS AND 
CREOSOTE BUSH, 
CARLSBAD, N. HEX. 
ASS. MAX. 
MEAN MAX. 
MEAN MIN. 
ASS. M/N. 
ELEVATION 
U7 
SA 6 
47.7 
6 
1700 FT 
HZ 
3/4 
4-9.7 
70 
2427FT. 
H2 
77.9 
46.4 
-5 
3120 FT 
DESERT GRASS AND 
CREOSOTE BUSH, 
W/LLCO^AR/Z. 
DESERTGRASS and 
CREOSOTE BUSH, 
SIERRA 3LANG4, 
TEX. 
// YRS. 
MEAN MIN. 
ABSMIN. 
44.3 
9 
ELEVATION 4245 FT 
50.0 
-5 
3762 FT 
HO 
77 ./ 
40.5 
3 
4/64 FT 
6 YRS. 
DESERT GRASS and 
CREOSOTE BUSH, 
DEM/NG,N.MEK 
7 YRS. 
104 
77./ 
507 
7 
45/2 FT 
HO 
763 
42 / 
9 
4333 FT 
MEAN MIN. 
ABS. M/N. 
45.4 
O 
ELEVATION 4338 FT 
458 
8 
2033 FT. 
57.5 
20 
3686 FT. 
40.9 
-!6 
4600 FT 
368 
2 
3728 FT. 
[Figure 16—Continued] 
the predominating type of vegetation at the station followed by the name of the station. The period 
of years covered by the temperature records is written within the graph at the bottom. Below each 
graph are given the absolute maximum, mean maximum, mean minimum, and absolute minimum 
temperatures, and the elevation of the station in feet. 
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