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Mist rising off the meadow
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Lichen doesn't grow on the smooth, shiny bark of manzanita
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Rain gives manzanita bark a beautiful glow.
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Twisty manzanita branches
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View into the valley from the Mayfair Ranch Trail
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hiking up the Mayfair Ranch Trail through blue oak woodland
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View towards Mt. Umunhum
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The Mayfair Ranch Trail
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Cynthia and leaning oaks
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Heteromeles arbutifolia, TOYON/CHRISTMAS BERRY
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Annette and Colin surrounded by toyon berries.
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Heteromeles arbutifolia, TOYON/CHRISTMAS BERRY
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Backlit Sycamore leaves
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Colin and Cynthia under the horizontal manzanita
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Fomitopsis pinicola, RED-BELTED CONK,
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Fomitopsis pinicola, RED-BELTED CONK,
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Raindrops on manzanita
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Glistening manzanita branch
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Polypodium californicum, CALIFORNIA POLYPODY.
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Pellaea andromedifolia, COFFEE FERN
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Pellaea andromedifolia, COFFEE FERN
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Heading back down the Longwall Canyon trail.
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Heteromeles arbutifolia, TOYON/CHRISTMAS BERRY
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Heteromeles arbutifolia, TOYON/CHRISTMAS BERRY
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Artemisia californica, CALIFORNIA SAGEBRUSH
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Blue oak woodland with leafless oaks
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Corvus corax, COMMON RAVEN
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Corvus corax, COMMON RAVEN
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Backlit leaves
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Decaying corral loading ramp and encroaching vegetation