Plants at Horse Flats

Plants at Horse Flats http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html While a few large, long-lived trees and shrubs seem to dominate the flora at Horse Flats, there are many other plants that grow here as well. Some of them are annuals that appear only briefly, and may not show up at all during dry years. Note: I’m pretty sure about the tree and shrub identifications, but less so about the wildflowers. Many of the species are ones I’ve matched up with Tom Chester’s Mt. Hillyer trail guide. I hope to get photos of all the plants in his guide eventually. Questions or comments? Click here. Parry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos Parryana, aka Snow Lodge Manzanita). These infloresences are formed at the end of the growing season and lay dormant for several months before producing flowers. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#0 da202893-c0b2-43fb-bf73-7e687012ab36 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/pc180746.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/pc180746.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Parry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos Parryana, aka Snow Lodge Manzanita).  These infloresences are formed at the end of the growing season and lay dormant for several months before producing flowers.</p></div></div> This manzanita is loaded with inflorescences in January 2006. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#1 78a8c453-5087-4652-a9ed-765c0bca70b8 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/pc180744.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/pc180744.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">This manzanita is loaded with inflorescences in January 2006.</p></div></div> Chapparal Yucca in a burst of color just before flowering, then dying. Also known as Yucca Whippeli ssp. parishii, Hesperoyucca Whippeli, and Our Lord’s Candle http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#2 925529aa-0d91-4230-aee1-5249083c7582 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/37_yucca.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/37_yucca.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Chapparal Yucca in a burst of color just before flowering, then dying.  Also known as Yucca Whippeli ssp. parishii, Hesperoyucca Whippeli, and Our Lord’s Candle<br/></p></div></div> A dead yucca. These plants die after sending up a single flower stalk, but the dead plant serves as a nursery to protect its offspring and retain moisture. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#3 db217111-98de-44b1-91c7-393260b0a488 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PB111184.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PB111184.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">A dead yucca.  These plants die after sending up a single flower stalk, but the dead plant serves as a nursery to protect its offspring and  retain moisture.</p></div></div> (L-R) Cones from Bigcone Douglas Fir, Coulter Pine, and Sugar Pine, all growing adjacent near the B1 Traverse boulder. Coulter pine cones are the heaviest of any conifer, and sugar pine cones are the longest. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#4 37738e1e-e4d7-466f-88de-c7c9b413af1b http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P1133024.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P1133024.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">(L-R) Cones from Bigcone Douglas Fir, Coulter Pine, and Sugar Pine, all growing adjacent near the B1 Traverse boulder.  Coulter pine cones are the heaviest of any conifer, and sugar pine cones are the longest.<br/></p></div></div> The three-pointed bracts between the scales on thecone are a giveaway for Douglas Fir. Only Bigcone Doug Fir is found at Horse Flats. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#5 263c89c7-ca93-41f1-b312-935d771b6a61 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P1133025_2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P1133025_2.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">The three-pointed bracts between the scales on thecone are a giveaway for Douglas Fir.  Only Bigcone Doug Fir is found at Horse Flats.</p></div></div> The tall, straight-trunked, and often flat-crowned trees near the campground are Jeffrey Pines. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#6 06793548-b72e-4d2b-8b2f-9619cea2676d http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P1133031.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P1133031.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The tall, straight-trunked, and often flat-crowned trees near the campground are Jeffrey Pines.</p></div></div> Pinesap, a plant which lives off nutrients gathered from the roots of other living plants. This one is a few feet away from Falcon in the Main Area. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#7 e64cd714-ffe3-40b5-b7ee-a5866c912818 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P5052073.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P5052073.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Pinesap, a plant which lives off nutrients gathered from the roots of other living plants.  This one is a few feet away from Falcon in the Main Area.</p></div></div> Grinnell’s Beardtongue (Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii) at the base of the Sword of Damocles. This was taken a few years ago, but the same shrub is still there. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#8 e048b58b-9f15-49e1-b72a-e144a587518f http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260054.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260054.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Grinnell’s Beardtongue (Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii) at the base of the Sword of Damocles.  This was taken a few years ago, but the same shrub is still there.</p></div></div> A hummingbird visiting the same Penstemon http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#9 bd3156a9-57e4-4aaf-b6ee-7dc24c569e58 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260054_2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260054_2.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">A hummingbird visiting the same Penstemon</p></div></div> Close-up of flowers http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#10 373f6e69-73fb-4fe4-bc6d-c3e17099f215 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260056.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260056.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Close-up of flowers</p></div></div> Scarlet Bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius) http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#11 4f27d9d1-0383-4ad8-81f6-6deab47c99d1 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260064.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260064.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Scarlet Bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius)<br/></p></div></div> A tiny pea or lotus growing between the Sword of Damocles and the Ericsson problem. There are many wildflowers on this slope, including many penstemon. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#12 5bf4c8a4-f9ab-4f0d-8ae1-89c676d80078 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260066.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260066.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">A tiny pea or lotus growing between the Sword of Damocles and the Ericsson problem.  There are many wildflowers on this slope, including many penstemon.</p></div></div> Mimulus johnstonii? Mimulus fremontii? Bad photo of a plant I’ve only seen once. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#13 647089fe-a4ee-442e-8d68-e431aa35d989 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260068.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260068.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Mimulus johnstonii? Mimulus fremontii?  Bad photo of a plant I’ve only seen once.</p></div></div> Cryptantha / popcorn flower? http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#14 c8075f46-4722-455b-97c7-90b8398647b7 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260069.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p5260069.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Cryptantha  / popcorn flower?</p></div></div> Maybe a rocket/mustard? http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#15 e637b18d-c866-40b8-acf8-40c994e8b79a http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140120.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140120.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Maybe a rocket/mustard?</p></div></div> ? http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#16 702118a5-6462-4c54-a81a-1d1ce1b76c8a http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140121.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140121.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Buckwheat?</p></div></div> Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.). This member of the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae--also contains monkey flowers and penstemon) is partially parasitic on the roots of other plants. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#18 3d8693f2-5d73-4f67-b6dc-3bd24def5b48 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140126.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140126.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.).  This member of the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae--also contains monkey flowers and penstemon) is partially parasitic on the roots of other plants.</p></div></div> Spear-leaved mountain dandelion (Agoseris retrorsa). This is the dandelion part... http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#19 f8a5cdeb-50f1-4096-960f-c078ecce8984 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140130.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140130.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1"><span class="style_2">Spear-leaved mountain dandelion (</span>Agoseris retrorsa)<span class="style_2">.  This is the dandelion part... </span><br/></p></div></div> ...and this is the spear-leaved part. (Agoseris retrorsa - http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/browse_imgs/plant_sci_12.html) http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#20 e306f3b6-ec75-42ed-bc32-30a3d12f83e7 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140131.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140131.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">...and this is the spear-leaved part.  (Agoseris retrorsa - <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1"><a href="http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/browse_imgs/plant_sci_12.html" title="http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/browse_imgs/plant_sci_12.html"><span class="style_2">http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/browse_imgs/plant_sci_12.html</span></a>)</p></div></div> Lupine--maybe interior bush lupine (Lupinus excubitus var. johnstonii)? http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#21 a42a23f5-cdda-4d7f-8a60-63748f3d9975 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140133.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140133.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Lupine--maybe interior bush lupine (Lupinus excubitus var. johnstonii)?</p></div></div> Blue dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum), a bulb. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#22 e5b2f720-3efc-48d1-aac7-0cf2fc13afa2 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140135.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140135.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Blue dicks (<span class="style_2">Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum), a bulb.</span></p></div></div> Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum) http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#23 cb519640-a323-4175-8aaa-3674b4893efa http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140136.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140136.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span class="style_2">Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum)</span></p></div></div> Windblown Jeffrey Pines (Pinus jeffreyi) just off the Angeles Crest, north of Santa Clara Divide Road. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#24 5b869e0d-21c2-4af1-af72-68feab90df05 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/trees1024.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/trees1024.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Windblown Jeffrey Pines (Pinus jeffreyi) just off the Angeles Crest, north of Santa Clara Divide Road.</p></div></div> Phlox? http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#25 55904c1b-e767-408b-a5de-ae6426958b81 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140138.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140138.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Phlox?</p></div></div> Broad-leaved lotus (Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius) http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#26 3d8856a7-f451-45d0-b6d9-7a6e16aa212e http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140143.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140143.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Broad-leaved lotus (Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius)</p></div></div> Broad-leaved lotus (Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius) http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#27 bc1e4fee-3533-4a52-b6c1-94cb67ac5bfc http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140144.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/p6140144.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Broad-leaved lotus (Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius)</p></div></div> This sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) next to Blank Generation is responsible for many sticky climbers, dogs, backpacks and bouldering pads. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#28 ca72f2e0-33b5-4987-9afd-5f69882e509a http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242831.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242831.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">This sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) next to Blank Generation is responsible for many sticky climbers, dogs, backpacks and bouldering pads.</p></div></div> Coulter Pine (Pinus coulteri) is readily identified by its huge (sometimes over a foot long) cones which are the heaviest of any tree. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#29 5dd0388e-158e-4af5-953a-7e145f5922ef http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242832.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242832.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Coulter Pine (Pinus coulteri) is readily identified by its huge (sometimes over a foot long) cones which are the heaviest of any tree.</p></div></div> This penstemon has seen better days. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#30 563ce2fe-36b3-4dbf-a57a-f3c86726e65d http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242833.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242833.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">This penstemon has seen better days.</p></div></div> A baby penstemon. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#31 4fc8eb03-0632-4ba0-aaff-11b10de1de44 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242842.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242842.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">A baby penstemon.</p></div></div> PC242844.JPG http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#32 76d8ea89-a4db-4f6c-af50-252866bc1240 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242844.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242844.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">PC242844.JPG</p></div></div> A monkeyflower--likely Mimulus auranticus http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#33 d2449293-5a70-43c1-a3c8-1d7f4217b1a0 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242847.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242847.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">A monkeyflower--likely Mimulus auranticus</p></div></div> My best guess is that this is a coyote bush (Baccharis pilularus)--I need to check again when it’s flowering. I’ve seen one solitary Mule Fat (Baccharis salicifolia) on Santa Clara Divide road. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#34 2fcfca03-d215-4369-b3de-e2bfc0a40662 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242849.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/PC242849.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">My best guess is that this is a coyote bush (Baccharis pilularus)--I need to check again when it’s flowering.  I’ve seen one solitary Mule Fat (Baccharis salicifolia) on Santa Clara Divide road. </p></div></div> Some Chaparral Yucca in full bloom, May 2008. These were huge--easily 12 feet tall. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#35 18bf29bd-c64e-432c-88bf-cad946237441 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P5104141.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P5104141.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Some Chaparral Yucca in full bloom, May 2008.  These were huge--easily 12 feet tall.</p></div></div> Prickly Phlox, I think? http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#36 ec0afddc-b16a-4f63-8d0a-7e6a6be60517 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P5104145.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P5104145.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Prickly Phlox, I think?</p></div></div> Some inch-high phacelias. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#37 f0521032-1e49-44a4-b7a5-76f8ccae52bb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P5104133.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P5104133.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Some inch-high phacelias.</p></div></div> This oak, while only about 8 feet high, has a trunk about 2 feet in diameter. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#38 70c91113-f01d-48fb-a5e1-944b9487f9b1 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P3233910.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P3233910.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">This oak, while only about 8 feet high, has a trunk about 2 feet in diameter.</p></div></div> Some tiny lupines, March 2008 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#39 3a3da079-5aac-459e-908e-617a1c22c202 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P3233937.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P3233937.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Some tiny lupines, March 2008</p></div></div> Acorn woodpeckers had done a number on this dead snag, which later fell. The Manzanita in the background is particularly heathy--probably 15 feet across. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants.html#40 80ee479a-f676-41f3-9d1c-45ddee0288a6 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P3233942.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Plants_files/Media/P3233942.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Acorn woodpeckers had done a number on this dead snag, which later fell.  The Manzanita in the background is particularly heathy--probably 15 feet across.</p></div></div>