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Oak-California fescue woodland between trails 4 and 5.
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Closer view of Oak-California fescue woodland
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Festuca californica, CALIFORNIA FESCUE
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Helianthella californica var. californica CALIFORNIA HELIANTHELLA
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Native Helianthella californica and Pedicularis densiflora
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*Genista monspessulana FRENCH BROOM, before removal.
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Starting to remove the broom.
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Perry using the weed wrench to pull woody broom.
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After pulling broom from the foreground area, the group continued downslope
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John in the midst of removing a large broom thicket.
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Teal and Diane with weed wrenches
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Dawn with an armload of pulled broom
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Dawn peeking out from behind a huge pile of broom.
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The pile of pulled broom keeps getting higher.
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More broom for the pile!
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Diane, Teal and Dawn admire the result of their hard work
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Another broom pile
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Look! The slope is now free of broom!
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Heading off to pull broom from another area.
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Leocarpus fragilis, INSECT-EGG SLIME MOLD on broom.
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Leocarpus fragilis, INSECT-EGG SLIME MOLD on broom.
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Removing small broom after the woody broom is gone
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John moving pulled broom to pile below the oak-fescue woodland.
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Perry with pulled broom.
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Rebecca moving broom to downslope pile.
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Herbarium team at work.
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John using the weed wrench to pull a large woody broom
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This broom was particularly resistant.
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Pulled woody broom, showing the long, thick roots.
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This area contained a thicket of woody broom, now removed, leaving an open understory.
