creosote desert and lava fields until get to Newberry Springs which is just into the edge of Saltbush scrub. Post New berry Springs Hwy 40 is in the flood plain. Creosote is restric- ted to the flanks of the mount- ains to the SE of Newberry springs. Fort Lady Rd goes up into some higher elev mountains with Pinon or juniper (can't tell). At Hector Rd seem to rise out of flood plain and back into creosote with a triplex. The flood plane is gone, or more narrower. The plane is cut off (ended) by the Mtus N and NE of a crater. Hwy 40 is in the lowland still, but there is no more Atriplex. There is a dry (Bristol) lake S.E. of the crater. The slopes from Hwy 40 to Bristol Lake are covered with low status creosote. E and N of Bristol Lake are broad bajadas. Going E, the bajada peaks & then it dropped into a broad NS valley. As 40 crosses the flank of Bristol mountains, plant diversity increases with grasses, shrubs, and some Atriplex. These areas are,