Vascular Flora of Adobe Valley and Surrounding Hills, Mono County, California

Adobe Valley and the Hills lie east of Sierra Nevada in Mono County, California, are within Great Basin Floristic Province. The flora surrounding hills is influenced by Desert to east, west northern Mojave south. surrounded Hills, Benton Range Glass Mountain region, creating a circular closed basin with many small tributaries feeding into it. This topography contributes creation rare wetland complex, including alkali meadows, marshes, lakes at base hills, which represent some more botanically interesting terrain region. Prior this study, complex had not been systematically investigated regard its botanical diversity. vegetation types associated listed as threatened California Natural Diversity Database face number conservation concerns water pumping, overgrazing, possible wind energy development. A total 1525 herbarium specimens were collected study area over 59 days field from 2016 2018. vascular includes 397 minimum-rank plant taxa, representing 194 genera 61 families. Six taxa only known historical collections, 21 non-native 27 have status. results inventory presented here an annotated checklist, along descriptions alliances.