Tumey Hills

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Tumey Hills
Tumey Hills.jpg
Highest point
Elevation747 m (2,451 ft)
Geography
Tumey Hills is located in California
Tumey Hills
location of Tumey Hills in California[1]
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
DistrictFresno County
Range coordinates36°32′5.831″N 120°39′31.620″W / 36.53495306°N 120.65878333°W / 36.53495306; -120.65878333Coordinates: 36°32′5.831″N 120°39′31.620″W / 36.53495306°N 120.65878333°W / 36.53495306; -120.65878333
Topo mapUSGS 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. 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]

Flora[]

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]

  2. Miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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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