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Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness

Protected wilderness area in California, United States

Field	Value
name	Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness
iucn_category	Ib
iucn_ref
photo	Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness Area.jpg
photo_caption	Aerial image of the area
map	California#USA
relief	1
map_caption	Location in California##Location in United States
location	San Bernardino County, California
nearest_city	Twentynine Palms, California
coordinates
area_acre	39,167
established	1994
governing_body	Bureau of Land Management

The Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness is a 39,167 acre wilderness area in the southern Mojave Desert. It is located 16 mi northeast of Twentynine Palms, California, and 20 mi north of Joshua Tree National Park. It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Named for the dry lakes found at the center of the wilderness area, this area has a variety of natural resources. The east portion is mountainous while the west portion is a vast alluvial fan and bajada. Elevations range from 1400 ft at the desert floor to the rugged Bullion Mountains, which rise more than 4100 ft across a 4 mi stretch.

Natural history

Wildlife includes Desert bighorn sheep on the slopes, and desert tortoise in the valley floor and bajada habitats.

Native plants include: Barrel cactus, and Smoke trees (Psorothamnus spinosus)" in some bajadas. The Cleghorn Lakes offer occasional spring wildflower displays. The Crucifixion Thorn (Castela emoryi) shrub has been found near the eastern edge of the wilderness boundary. It is native to California, Arizona, and Sonora state in Mexico. It listed by the California Native Plant Society as rare in California, but is more common elsewhere in the lower Sonoran Deserts.

|File:Parish's poppy (Eschscholzia parishii); Cleghorn Wilderness.jpg |Native Parish's poppy (Eschscholzia parishii) flowering in the preserve |File:Castela emoryi.jpg |Large rare Crucifixion Thorn (Castela emoryi) shrub

References

[https://www.protectedplanet.net/367193 Protected Planet Website]- Retrieved March 30, 2023
"BLM: Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness".
"Taxon Report".

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