The Toiyabe Range is a high, north-south range. The ridges are quite dry, with sagebrush shrubland extends at least up to 9500 feet, but there is also a permanent stream running through moist meadows in Kingston Canyon. "Toiyabe" is pronounced "toe-YAH-bee", according to a resident of Eureka.

Kingston Canyon, 8/5/06. The white flowers in the stream are Batrachium circinatum. Reddish spikes on the far bank are Rumex, and the scattered yellow flowers on the left are Senecio serra.



Looking north from the south side of Kingston Canyon on the Toiyabe Crest Trail, 8/5/06.



Looking southeast from a hill on the west side of the Toiyabe Crest Trail, 8/5/06. 9200 feet.



Looking north across Kingston Canyon from the Toiyabe Crest Trail, 8/5/06. 9100 feet.

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