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Fresh scat with lots of big pits
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Another fresh scat on the causeway
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An uncharacteristically wavy Equisetum
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Comparison of two non-native thistle seedheads
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The white coating on the soil in the middle of the trail is a lichen (unidentified).
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Asterella californica
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Delphinium, californicum ssp. californicum, COAST OR CALIFORNIA LARKSPUR
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*Aira caryophyllea. SILVER HAIR GRASS
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Zeltnera muehlenbergii (Centaurium m.). MONTEREY CENTAURY
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place where in the past we left trail 10 to cut down to Westridge Creek.
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Herbarium team setting out along ridge
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Looking down into the Westridge Creek drainage
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Herbarium team heading down the south side of knoll towards Westridge Creek.
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Diane approaching the area where we crossed a tributary of Westridge Creek
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Diane trying to cross the tributary. Too much poison oak!
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Rhamnus crocea, SPINY REDBERRY
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Descending trail 10.
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Herbarium team at intersection of trails 10 and 12.
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Eriogonum nudum var. auriculatum, EAR-SHAPED WILD BUCKWHEAT.
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A species of Prunus?