LOWER MT. WILSON TRAIL, SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
BEFORE AND AFTER THE FIRE OF APRIL, 2008



 


 


 


 


 


 


 



A few other postfire scenes...


   

 



And signs of continuing life......


 
 
Chaparral yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Liliaceae
[Named for Amiel Weeks Whipple, 1817-1863]
 
 
Common eucrypta
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia
Hydrophyllaceae
Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Rosaceae
 
   
Farewell-to-spring
Clarkia bottae
Onagraceae
[Named for William Clark, 1770-1838, and Paulo Emilio Botta, 1802-1870]
Globe gilia
Gilia capitata ssp. abrotanifolia
Polemoniaceae
[Named for Filippo Luigi Gilii, 1756-1821]


 
Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Asteraceae
  
Heartleaf penstemon
Keckiella cordifolia
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for David Daniels Keck, 1903-1995]
 


 
 
Canterbury bells
Phacelia minor
Hydrophyllaceae
 
 
 
 
Yellow pincushion
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula
Asteraceae
Canyon sweet pea
Lathyrus vestitus
Fabaceae
 
 


 
 
Variable checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
 
 
Indian pink
Silene laciniata ssp. major
Caryophyllaceae
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae
   
Lanceleaf dudleya
Dudleya lanceolata
Crassulaceae
[Named for William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911]
Prickly cryptantha
Cryptantha muricata
Boraginaceae
 


Short-leaved cliff aster
Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia
Asteraceae


   
California buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Polygonaceae
 
Bush monkeyflower
Mimulus aurantiacus
Scrophulariaceae
 
Caterpillar phacelia
Phacelia cicutaria
Hydrophyllaceae


 
Narrow-leaved bedstraw
Galium angustifolium
Rubiaceae
 
Plummer's mariposa lily
Calochortus plummerae
Liliaceae
[Named for Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon, 1836-1923]
 


The next couple of years should be good ones. Stay tuned.

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