LOCKWOOD VALLEY/MUTAU FLATS ROAD, VENTURA COUNTY
MAY 2008 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters
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To get to this area, you exit I-5 onto Frazier Mountain Park Road at the southern part of Lebec and head west to a left turn onto Lockwood Valley at Cuddy Creek, then go south. I made several trips to this area and the flora was great due to a recent fire. I am extremely grateful to Ventura County botanist David Magney of David Magney Environmental Consulting for his help in identifying many of these species which were previously unfamiliar to me and for letting me know about this amazing area which in 2008 is producing a display which due to the conjunction of the fires and the rains is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon. |
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Red mariposa lily Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi Liliaceae [Named for William Ledlie Kennedy, c. 1827-1887] |
Pine green gentian Frasera neglecta Gentianaceae [Named for John Frasera, 1750-1811] |
Spring lessingia Lessingia tenuis Asteraceae [Named for Christian Friedrich Lessing, 1809-1862] |
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Thurber's spineflower Centrostegia thurberi Polygonaceae [Named for Dr. George Thurber, 1821-1890] |
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Dense-fruited monkeyflower Mimulus constrictus Scrophulariaceae |
Heartleaf thornmint Acanthomintha obovata ssp. cordata Lamiaceae |
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Oak mistletoe Phoradendron villosum Viscaceae |
California evening primrose Oenothera californica var. californica Onagraceae |
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Great valley phacelia Phacelia ciliata Hydrophyllaceae |
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Douglas phacelia Phacelia douglasii Hydrophyllaceae [Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834] |
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Golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum Asteraceae |
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California poppy Eschscholzia californica Papaveraceae [Named for Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz, 1783-1831] |
Martin's paintbrush Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii Scrophulariaceae [Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793] |
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Coyote tobacco Nicotiana attenuata Solanaceae [Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600] |
Transmontane gilia
Gilia transmontana Polemoniaceae [Named for Filippo Luigi Gilii, 1756-1821] |
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