Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4234

Estimates of Evapotranspiration from the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge Area, Ruby Valley, Northeastern Nevada, May 1999-October 2000

Figure 6. Typical meadow and desert-shrub upland habitats in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Nevada: (A) Meadow site, established over dense cover of primarily sedges (Carex spp.), rushes (Juncus spp.), and some grasses; and (B) desert-shrub upland site, established over moderate cover of black sagebrush (Artemisia nova) and green rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus). Depth to water probably greater than 80 feet.

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