Frenchmans Mtn Hike :)

[RavenSpirit360]

OK I finally uploaded my photos from our hike up Frenchman's Mtn Sunday.. If anyone has been to Vegas, this is the mountain people Call Sunrise Mtn.

We almost made it to the top, about 200 ft away..

The moon

Looking west over the Vegas Valley

This Ferocactus has a great view..

 

[RavenSpirit360]

A young Agave utahensis eborispina, The Agave on this Mtn have the most impressive spines I have seen to date on our native Agave.

Wicked spines

Thamnosma montana , Turpentine Broom, Blooms, the bees love these..

More beautiful spines

Nicotiana obtusifolia, Desert Tobacco..

 

[RavenSpirit360]

Tom... this is looking South

I can see my house from here

3,628 ft

Eucnide rupestris, Rock Nettle... The inspiration for velcro, trust me...

Physalis crassifolia, Ground cherry

Encelia farinosa, Brittle Bush.... This was on ground level, heading back to the car.. THe encelia on the Mtn where not blooming yet.. THis was taken right before being taken aside by Metro police and having our bags searched LOL.. Someone was shooting in the area, wasnt us though Had a helicopter circling us and everything, was interesting..

 

[RavenSpirit360]

And last but not least for all the herpers out there

Uta stansburiana

 

[tom e]

Great pictures! We have some lizards that I've always that were those as well (side blotched right?) but ours look a little different. Maybe I've been wrong about them, or ours are just different. I always see them out on the Pacific Coast Highway.. I'll have to try and get some shots.

Really great pictures! I love the desert..

 

[Nanci]

Nice pics! I love the flower pics.

 

[RavenSpirit360]

Great pictures! We have some lizards that I've always that were those as well (side blotched right?) but ours look a little different. Maybe I've been wrong about them, or ours are just different. I always see them out on the Pacific Coast Highway.. I'll have to try and get some shots.

Really great pictures! I love the desert..

Yep side blotched lizard.. There is variation to them, some have more blue and etc.. Thanks

 

[RavenSpirit360]

Thanks Nanci

 

[Eriathiel]

Wonderful pictures - what a view!
I really like the plant pictures the best for some reason!

 

[LBoz]

Absolutely beautiful, Steph.

 

[RobbiesCornField]

Such a cute little lizard! He almost looks like a mini-monitor!

 

[v_various]

nice photos! Vegas looks like such a rough place to live, maybe I'll make it out to see for myself one of these days.

 

[RavenSpirit360]

Such a cute little lizard! He almost looks like a mini-monitor!

He looks big in that pic but was actually only about 4 inches long.. He was bobbing his head at us it was soo cute...

We saw this guy too but the picture isnt that great since I had to zoom into the other side of the canyon area we where in..

Sauromalus obesus or Chuckwalla, hes in the center of the pic on a rock..

 

[RavenSpirit360]

nice photos! Vegas looks like such a rough place to live, maybe I'll make it out to see for myself one of these days.

THe heat is the only thing that really kills me, other than the fact that I hate the city lol...

 

[RavenSpirit360]

Thanks guys !!!

 

[wade]

WOW I didn’t know the Thamnosma montana was in bloom already. There is a really cool butterfly whose larva feed on that plant.

The Eucnide rupestris, Rock Nettle, we call iron-on plant. You get it on your cloths and it’s like it is ironed on and will not come off.

Great pics Steph. Really pretty area. So if I understand what you are saying is this on the East side of the valley across from Mount Charleston?

 

[RavenSpirit360]

WOW I didn’t know the Thamnosma montana was in bloom already. There is a really cool butterfly whose larva feed on that plant.

The Eucnide rupestris, Rock Nettle, we call iron-on plant. You get it on your cloths and it’s like it is ironed on and will not come off.

Great pics Steph. Really pretty area. So if I understand what you are saying is this on the East side of the valley across from Mount Charleston?

Yep exactly where this is You can see the Spring mtn range in the background..
The Rock nettle, thats why I say it had to inspire velcro.. I try and stick that plant to anyone thats with me when I find it lol... Its hilarious trying to watch them get it off lol.... It actually got stuck to my daughters skin though..

Found this little caterpillar up there...