Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Alamo Canyon

The journey to our drop-off site is a spectacular ride up Redondo Canyon.

Redondo Peak from VC06 switchback
wall opposite view at switchback




forest mix at drop-off  area

7-15 Alamo Canyon, Valle Caldera
Amaryllidaceae  (Amaryllis family)
   nodding onion  Allium cernuum 
Apiaceae (Parsley family)
   mountain parsley  Pseudocymopterus montanus  
Asteraceae (Aster family)
   western yarrow  Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis
   yellow thistle  Cirsium pallidum
   spreading fleabane  Erigeron divergens
   sprucefir fleabane  Erigeron eximius
   fleabane  Erigeron sp.
   orange sneezeweed  Hymenoxys hoopesii
   pingüe, rubberweed  Hymenoxys richardsonii  
   narrow goldenrod  Solidago simplex  
Brassicaceae (Mustard  or cabbage family)
   common tansymustard, flixweed  Descurainia sophia
   twisted pod draba, Heller's draba  Draba helleriana  
Campanulaceae (Bellflower family)
   Parry's bellflower  Campanula parryi  
   harebell, bluebell bellflower  Campanula rotundifolia
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
   spreading sandwort  Arenaria lanuginosa  
   thymeleaf sandwort  Arenaria serpyllifolia  
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
   purple geranium, pineywoods geranium  Geranium caespitosum
   Richardson's geranium  Geranium richardsonii  
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
   American dragonhead   Dracocephalum parviflorum  
   common healall  Prunella vulgaris  
Liliaceae (Lily family)
   Gunnison's mariposa lily  Calochortus gunnisonii
Oxalidaceae (Woodsorrel family)
   violet woodsorrel  Oxalis violacea
Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)
   scarlet gilia  Ipomopsis aggregata
Rosaceae (Rose family)
   woolly cinquefoil  Potentilla hippiana   
   pretty cinquefoil  Potentilla pulcherrima   
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)
   giant red Indian paintbrush  Castilleja miniata
   yellow owl's-clover  Orthocarpus luteus  
   scarlet penstemon  Penstemon barbatus  
Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
   bigbract verbena, carpet vervain  Verbena bracteata



violet woodsorrel  Oxalis violacea
pretty cinquefoil  Potentilla pulcherrima
giant red Indian paintbrush  Castilleja miniata
harebell, bluebell bellflower  Campanula rotundifolia
fleabane  Erigeron sp.
Gunnison's mariposa lily  Calochortus gunnisonii
  

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