Coordinates: 36°32′5.831″N 120°39′31.620″W / 36.53495306°N 120.65878333°W / 36.53495306; -120.65878333

Tumey Hills

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Tumey Hills
File:Tumey Hills.jpg
Highest point
Elevation747 m (2,451 ft)
Geography
location of Tumey Hills in California[1]
Tumey Hills (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
District(s)Fresno County and San Benito County
Range coordinates36°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[1] and southeastern San Benito County, California. 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]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Tumey Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 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).