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>Map >Satellite This peak shows a typical transition on the inner Coast Ranges from the valley grassland community, through chaparral, to a foothill woodland at the summit. Much of the grassland, which covers the lower slopes, is composed of exotics, a common situation in the valley today, though there are several native Bromus spp. Chaparral here includes Eriogonum sp., chamise, Adenostoma fasciculatum, buck brush, Ceanothus cuneatus, bigberry manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca, Mormon tea, Ephedra californica, and black sage, Salvia mellifera. There is a disjunct population of basin sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata; this plant is not normally found in the Coast Ranges.
The dominant species in the woodland is the blue oak, Quercus douglasii, with some gray pine, Pinus sabiniana.
Fauna is typical of the central inner Coast Ranges.
The mountain is composed primarily of sandstones of the Cretaceous Panoche formation.
Integrity: A microwave station is located atop the mountain, with a paved access road as well as several jeep trails in the area. There is also a quail guzzler.
March 1976
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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