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El Sereno Open Space Preserve, CA, US

El Sereno Open Space Preserve is named for 2,249-foot Mt. El Sereno, part of a prominent ridge located south of the town of Saratoga and west of the town of Los Gatos. A distinctive scenic backdrop to these cities, the 1,415-acre Preserve is primarily a chaparral community with some wooded ...more ↓

Western Whiptail 1
Aspidoscelis tigris
Wrentit 2
Chamaea fasciata
Black-tailed Bumble Bee 3
Bombus melanopygus
Ornate Checkered Beetle 4
Trichodes ornatus
Common Douglas-fir 5
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Coast Douglas-Fir 6
Pseudotsuga menziesii menziesii
Lesser hop trefoil 7
Trifolium dubium
Rose Clover 8
Trifolium hirtum
Short-flower Deervetch 9
Acmispon parviflorus
chaparral pea 10
Pickeringia montana
Wartleaf Ceanothus 4
Ceanothus papillosus
Western Star Flower 11
Lysimachia latifolia
Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia
scarlet pimpernel 12
Anagallis arvensis
Blow Wives 13
Achyrachaena mollis
Golden Yarrow 14
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
common yarrow 15
Achillea millefolium
California chicory 10
Rafinesquia californica
Coyote Brush 16
Baccharis pilularis
rayless arnica 17
Arnica discoidea
Mediterranean Stork's-bill 18
Erodium botrys
Common Stork's-bill 1
Erodium cicutarium
Bigleaf Maple 19
Acer macrophyllum
Denseflower Indian Paintbrush 20
Castilleja densiflora
Castilleja densiflora densiflora 21
Black Sage 22
Salvia mellifera
California Hedge Nettle 23
Stachys bullata
California Pitcher Sage 10
Lepechinia calycina
California Poppy 24
Eschscholzia californica
European elder 1
Sambucus nigra
blue elderberry 16
Sambucus nigra caerulea
Pacific Sanicle 25
Sanicula crassicaulis
Hoary Rock-rose 26
Cistus creticus
Hairy rock-rose
Cistus creticus eriocephalus
California yerba santa 10
Eriodictyon californicum
Greater Quaking Grass 27
Briza maxima
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant 17
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Fremont's Deathcamas 4
Toxicoscordion fremontii

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