Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Great Basin National Park, Nevada http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada.html The trail to Wheeler Peak, at 13,063 ft (3,982 m) the highest mountain entirely within the State of Nevada, begins at 10,000 ft (3,049 m) and passes through aspen groves and conifer forests before emerging from the upper treeline about 2,000 ft (609 m) below the summit. Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada.html#0 096acb48-80a1-4495-9055-fdc2ded5002d http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada_files/Media/DSC03401_2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada_files/Media/DSC03401_2.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_2">Eremogone congesta</span> var. <span class="style_2">wheelerensis</span></p></div></div> Looking northwest from Wheeler Peak toward Spring Valley and Schell Creek Range http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada.html#18 8b5288d2-b823-48b6-9378-3635c383e5ba http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada_files/Media/DSC03376_2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada_files/Media/DSC03376_2.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Looking northwest from Wheeler Peak toward Spring Valley and Schell Creek Range</p></div></div> Wheeler Peak summit to left, looking south along axis of Snake Range http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada.html#19 ee02cb4a-40d5-415f-9971-4c7ca8fda0f4 http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada_files/Media/DSC03448.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.planetplants.net/Planet_Plants/Mountains/Pages/Great_Basin_National_Park,_Nevada_files/Media/DSC03448.jpg?derivative=micro

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