From a recent run on the Farmer Ridge trail, which works up onto the ridgeline above Mulholland, about a quarter mile west of its junction with Sullivan Ridge Fire Road. The single track trail bypasses a 1.1 mile stretch of Mulholland fire road, and is also about 1.1 miles long.
From a mid May run in Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, formerly Ahmanson Ranch.
Davidson’s Phacelia (Phacelia davidsonii) near Cooper Canyon trail camp, in the San Gabriel Mountains. From last Sunday’s run.
Washoe phacelia (Phacelia curvipesa) is similar, but it’s blossom is not as large.
Snow plant emerging from pine needles and other detritus on the forest floor.
From Sunday’s run through Cooper Canyon.
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Winter vetch is a vining legume you’ll see in patches along trails in lower elevation chaparral in Southern California. It’s flowers are an unusal purple, and a closer look reveals various shades of violet, purple and rose.
Its capability to add nitrogen to soil gives it value in crop rotation and no-tillage farming. It is an invasive plant, not native to California.
From today’s run in the Simi Hills.
From today’s trail run to Castle Peak in the western San Fernando Valley.