Tumey Hills

Tumey Hills

location of Tumey Hills in California [1]

Highest point
Elevation 747 m (2,451 ft)
Geography
Country United States
State California
District Fresno County
Range coordinates 36°32′06″N 120°39′32″W / 36.535°N 120.6588°W / 36.535; -120.6588Coordinates: 36°32′06″N 120°39′32″W / 36.535°N 120.6588°W / 36.535; -120.6588
Topo map USGS Tumey Hills

The Tumey Hills are a low mountain range in the interior California Coast Ranges, in western Fresno County, California.[1] The Tumey Hills area is part of the U.S. Department of Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which is a division of the United States Department Of The Interior. This BLM land is under Fire Season Vehicle Restrictions from Mid-April to Mid-October. No motorized access is allowed during this time period.[2]

NATURAL HISTORY

Tumey Hills BLM offers a mixture of native and non-native species. Non-native plants include:[3]

  1. Wild Oats (Avena spp.)
  2. Filaree (Erodium spp.)
  3. Barnyard Foxtail (Hordeum murinum)
  4. Bromus spp.
  5. Rat-tail Fescue (Vulpia myuros)

Native plants of Tumey Hills include:[4]

  1. Forked Fiddleneck (Amsinckia furcata)
  2. Miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)

References

  1. 1 2 "Tumey Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Tumey Hills". www.blm.gov. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Common Non-Native Grasses". www.hastingsreserve.org. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  4. ↑ "Desert Hills Of The San Joaquin Valley" (PDF).
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