Ciervo Hills
{{Short description|Mountain range in California, US}}
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| photo = Ryan O'Dell-Central Coast Field Office-Ciervo Hills (53863876554).jpg
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| country = United States
| state = California
| region = California Coast Ranges,
San Joaquin Valley
| district = Fresno County
| topo_map = Ciervo Mountain
| topo_maker = USGS
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| elevation_m = 1027
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| map = California
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| map_caption = Location of Ciervo Hills in California{{cite gnis|id=255477|name=Ciervo Hills|accessdate=2009-05-04}}
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The Ciervo Hills are a low mountain range in west Fresno County, in the western San Joaquin Valley of central California.
Interstate 5 runs parallel to the hills on the east.
Geography
The Ciervo Hills are in the Southern Inner California Coast Ranges System, adjacent to the Diablo Range on the west, Tumey Hills to the north, and Big Blue Hills to the south. Their highest point is {{convert|1027|m|ft}} in elevation.
Cantua Creek and its Arroyo de Cantúa canyon divides them from the Big Blue Hills.
Flora
Several California rare plant species are endemic to the Ciervo Hills and bordering Tumey Hills including Panoche peppergrass (Lepidium jaredii ssp. album),{{Cite web |title=Lepidium jaredii ssp. album Calflora |url=https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=4688 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.calflora.org}} Idria buckwheat (Eriogonum vestitum),{{Cite web |title=Eriogonum vestitum Calflora |url=https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=3405 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.calflora.org}} and gypsum-loving crownscale (Atriplex gypsophila).{{Cite web |title=Atriplex gypsophila Calflora |url=https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=14791 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.calflora.org}}{{Cite journal |last=Preston |first=Robert E. |date=2024-01-29 |title=A NEW ATRIPLEX SPECIES (CHENOPODIACEAE) FROM CENTRAL WESTERN CALIFORNIA, USA |url=https://bioone.org/journals/madro%C3%B1o/volume-70/issue-2/0024-9637-70.2.104/A-NEW-ATRIPLEX-SPECIES-CHENOPODIACEAE-FROM-CENTRAL-WESTERN-CALIFORNIA-USA/10.3120/0024-9637-70.2.104.full |journal=Madroño |volume=70 |issue=2 |doi=10.3120/0024-9637-70.2.104 |issn=0024-9637|url-access=subscription }}
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Category:Mountain ranges of Fresno County, California
Category:California Coast Ranges
Category:Geography of the San Joaquin Valley
Category:Mountain ranges of Northern California
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