Highest Point

2460 meters

Preliminary Flora of the Sierra La Púrica, Sonora, Mexico

The Sierra La Púrica is a Sky Island mountain range north- northwest of Nacozari de García (municipality of the same name), Sonora, Mexico, in the Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Bavispe in the Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas. The Madrean Archipelago Biodiversity Assessment Expedition Sierra La Púrica took place in July and September 2013. The preliminary flora contains 306 plant taxa in 215 genera and 71 families. Families with the most taxa were Poaceae (49 taxa), Asteraceae (43 taxa), and Fabaceae (32 taxa).

Sierra Púrica

The Sierra La Púrica is part of a Madrean Sky Island complex in northeastern Sonora with the Sierras la Buenos Aires and de los Ajos to the north and Sierra Nacozari to the south. The east side of the Sierra La Púrica drains into the Río Cabullona, an upper tributary of the Río Bavispe-Yaqui drainage. The western slopes drain into the Río Sonora. The southeastern edge of the Sierra La Púrica and the connecting Sierra Nacozari drain into the Río Santa Rosa to the Río Moctezuma, and eventually the Río Yaqui.