MT. PINOS, KERN COUNTY  
MAY/JUNE 2008 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters




Mt. Pinos is a mostly granitic peak in the Los Padres National Forest. At 8,847' the summit is the highest point of Kern County and the highest point of the Transverse Range west of Tejon Pass. According to Wikipedia, "The view from the summit on a clear day encompasses the southern Central Valley, the southernmost Sierra Nevada, much of northern Ventura county, much of the Santa Barbara County mountains, the Caliente Range and the Carrizo Plain. The trace of the San Andreas Fault, clearly visible to the northwest, cuts between Mount Pinos and the mountains immediately to the north. The trace extends all the way to Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain along the Elkhorn Scarp." Mt. Pinos experiences some of the coldest temperatures and harshest winters in southern California and typically receives several feet of snow each year.


   
Large-flowered lotus
Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus
Fabaceae
  
Martin's paintbrush
Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793]
 


 
Grinnell's penstemon
Penstemon grinnellii var. scrophularioides
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., 1882-1943]


 
 
Pursh's milkvetch
Astragalus purshii var. tinctus
Fabaceae
[Named for Frederick Traugott Pursh, 1774-1820]
 
 
 
 
Desert gooseberry
Ribes velutinum
Grossulariaceae
Mojave ceanothus
Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus
Rhamnaceae
[Named for Josiah Gregg, 1806-1850]
 
 


 
Jepson's morning glory
Calystegia malacophylla ssp. pedicellata
Convolvulaceae


 
 
Anderson's lupine
Lupinus andersonii
Fabaceae
[Named for Charles Lewis Anderson, 1927-1910]
 
 
White tidy tips
Layia glandulosa
Asteraceae
[Named for George Tradescant Lay, 1799-1844]
Wheeler's common madia
Madia elegans ssp. wheeleri
Asteraceae
[Named for George Montague Wheeler, 1842-1905
   
Western wallflower
Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum
Brassicaceae
Desert parsley
Lomatium mohavense
Apiaceae


 
Ponderosa pine
Pinus ponderosa
Pinaceae


 
 
Wright's collinsia
Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Zacheus Collins, 1764-1831, and John Torrey, 1796-1873]
 
Pine lousewort
Pedicularis semibarbata
Scrophulariaceae
Curved stem phacelia
Phacelia curvipes
Hydrophyllaceae
   


 
California milkweed
Asclepias californica
Asclepiadaceae
  
Wax currant
Ribes cereum var. cereum
Grossulariaceae


   
Pussy paws
Calyptridium monospermum
Portulacaceae
  
Brewer's lupine
Lupinus breweri var. bryoides
Fabaceae
[Named for William Henry Brewer, 1828-1910]
 


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