Long Ridge OSP, 10/24/04

Outing Overview

When:		10:15-3:15 on Sunday, 10/24/04
What:		CNPS field trip with Kevin Bryant
Who:		Drew & Julie, et al
Weather:		Foggy, damp, and cool; clearing to mostly sunny

Route:

1. Starting point: Grizzly Flat Trailhead, Skyline Blvd
2. Connecting trail, Southwest to...
3. Long Ridge Trail, to...
4. Long Ridge Road, to...
5. Ward Road, Southwest to...
6. Hickory Oaks Trail, to...
7. Connecting trail, North to...
8. Ward Road, North to...
9. Peters Creek Trail, to...
10. Connecting trail, Northeast to starting point

Observations

For the below listings:

Unless otherwise noted, plants were observed in bloom

Links below a taxon are to photos taken during the outing

Numbers after taxon name indicate route legs where it was observed

Identified to species:

California Aster (Aster chilensis), (2, 9)

Vinegar Weed (Trichostema lanceolatum), lots!

Entire plant

Group of flowers

Coast Tarweed (Madia sativa), (2)

Common Snowberry (Symphocarpos albus), in fruit

Shreve Oak (Quercus parvula v. shrevei), lots!, in fruit

Interior Live Oak (Quercus wislizeni v. fructescens), (3), in fruit

Yellow Hayfield Tarweed (Hemizonia congesta ssp congesta), (3)

Entire plant (sorry, kinda blurry)

Pair of flower heads

Individual flower head

Flower head, oblique view

Flower head, another oblique view

Flower head, lateral view

Disk flowers, closeup

Involucre, closeup

Stem and leaves

Individual leaf, upper surface

Leaf tip, upper surface, closeup

Stem, closeup

Sticky Rosinweed (Calycadenia multiglandulosa), (4)

Goldenaster (Heterotheca sessiliflora, ssp echioides? or maybe bolanderi?)

Tall stephanomeria (Stephanomeria virgata), (4)

Nakedstem Buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum)

California Fuscia (Epilobium canum ssp canum), (4)

Stems, leaves, and flowers

Flower, lateral view

Flower, frontal view

Stem and leaves

Vervain (Verbena lasiostachys), (9)

Hairy Honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula), in fruit

Several fruit clusters

A few fruit clusters, closer view

Individual fruit

Individual fruit, closeup

Identified to genus:

False Dandelion (Agoseris sp, apargioides? v apargioides?), (2)

Entire plant

Flower head and peduncle, frontal view

Flower head and peduncle, lateral view

Flower head, oblique view

Flower head, lateral view

Flowers, oblique view, closeup

Flowers, oblique view, another closeup

Closed flower head, lateral view

Leaves

Other:

Newt, California? (Taricha sp, torosa?), (2)

Tarantula, (4)

With fingers nearby for scale

Oblique view, from side

Oblique view, from other side

Garter Snake (Thamnophis sp), (5)

Front 2/3

Back and sides, closer view