Tumey Hills Explained

Tumey Hills
Country:	United States
State:	California
District:	Fresno County and San Benito County
Topo Map:	Tumey Hills
Topo Maker:	USGS
Range Coordinates:	36.535°N -120.6588°W
Elevation M:	747
Map:	California#USA

The Tumey Hills are a low mountain range in the interior California Coast Ranges, in western Fresno County 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.^[1]

Flora

Tumey Hills BLM offers a mixture of native and non-native species. Non-native plants include:^[2]

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:^[3]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tumey Hills. 2016-02-23. www.blm.gov. 2016-02-27.
2. Web site: Common Non-Native Grasses. www.hastingsreserve.org. 2016-02-28.
3. Web site: Desert Hills Of The San Joaquin Valley.