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*Crataegus monogyna, ONE-SEEDED HAWTHORN
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*Crataegus monogyna, ONE-SEEDED HAWTHORN
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Herbarium team pausing at junction of trail 2 with drainage with historic cistern
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Inside of cistern
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Old hand-hewed post near large bay tree
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Heading uphill, following the drainage after leaving trail 2
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A zigzag-shaped dead branch surrounded by
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Large patch of Melica sp.
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The posts at the top are part of an old quadrat.
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Top corner of the quadrat, looking northeast
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Closer view of quadrat post and surrounding stand of Quercus durata var. durata, LEATHER OAK.
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grassland on north-facing slope
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John and Rebecca check our route
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#Eryngium aristulatum var. aristulatum, JEPSON'S ERYNGO.
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#Eryngium aristulatum var. aristulatum, JEPSON'S ERYNGO.
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Calochortus argillosus, Empty seed pod. CLAY MARIPOSA LILY
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View uphill from bottom of meadow towards Eryngium site
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Continuing downhill through open oak woodland from meadow below Eryngium site.
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Heteromeles arbutifolia CHRISTMAS BERRY, TOYON
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Lonicera hispidula (L. h. var. vacillans) HAIRY HONEYSUCKLE
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After crossing the drainage (l), the understory was no longer open
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Rebecca spotted this large, dead-looking buckeye in the second 1956 Dirca polygon.
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Though at first this buckeye appeared dead, we found it had set fruit!
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Several shelled and gnawed buckeye fruits were on the ground beneath the dead-looking buckeye.
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Wood rats built this nest with a large entrance hole beneath the buckeye.
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The other side of the wood rat nest had several smaller entrance holes
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Homalothecium nuttallii, FEATHER MOSS/NUTTALL'S CURL MOSS
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Back on trail 2, we cross the drainage with the cistern