Thanks. I've seen Mt. Charleston plenty of times but never from that close.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/11/2012 9:43 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
> On a trip to Las Vegas last weekend I came across a number of specimens
> of Desert Stingbush aka Rock Nettle (Eucnide urens) near Hoover Dam:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/6921517550/in/photostream
>
> I first thought it was a mentzelia as it looks very much like
> White-bract Stickleaf (Mentzelia involucrata), which is found at lower
> elevations this time of year. Same family, different genus.
>
> Also took the opportunity to do a little hiking in the Spring
> Mountains, just west of Las Vegas, where there is still snow down to 7,000'
> elevation and the peak of Mount Charleston is still covered for the most part:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/6921544374/in/photostream
>
> Chris
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