Ephemeral water sources only persist in winter-spring and should be considered nonexistent, except during rains, or winter, and standing water only lasts the longest in wetter and cooler years. The elevation of the mountains is such that there are no standing forests, only desert communities of vegetation. This section of the western Sonoran Desert, and local
Yuma Desert is in the
creosote bush scrub community.
Desert ironwood,
palo verde,
catclaw acacia,
saguaros,
ocotillo,
Anderson thornbush,
smoketree, and
creosote are some locally adapted tree/bush species.
Brittlebush,
saltbush, and
bebbia are some common shrub forms. The nearest communities to the Muggins Mountains are
Dome,
Ligurta, and
Wellton in the Dome and Mohawk Valleys. == See also ==