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Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve

Just south of the Town of Los Gatos, on the east side of the Lexington Reservoir, sits Sierra Azul, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District's southernmost open space preserve. Translated Sierra Azul means "Blue Range." This Preserve encompasses more than 18,000 acres and is the District's ...more ↓

miniature suncup 1
Camissoniopsis micrantha
Silver Lupine 2
Lupinus albifrons
Miniature Lupine 3
Lupinus bicolor
Broadleaf Lupine 4
Lupinus latifolius
arroyo lupine 5
Lupinus succulentus
Scots Broom 6
Cytisus scoparius
Gambel's milkvetch 7
Astragalus gambelianus
Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea 8
Lathyrus latifolius
Pacific pea 1
Lathyrus vestitus
common pacific pea 1
Lathyrus vestitus vestitus
Hop Trefoil 9
Trifolium campestre
pinpoint clover 10
Trifolium gracilentum
Rose Clover 11
Trifolium hirtum
small-headed clover 12
Trifolium microcephalum
tomcat clover 13
Trifolium willdenovii
bur clover 14
Medicago polymorpha
yellow sweet clover 15
Melilotus officinalis
Common Bird's-foot Trefoil 16
Lotus corniculatus
Big deervetch 17
Hosackia crassifolia
foothill deervetch 18
Acmispon brachycarpus
Common Deerweed 19
Acmispon glaber
California broom 20
Acmispon glaber glaber
Short-flower Deervetch 21
Acmispon parviflorus
Chile trefoil 5
Acmispon wrangelianus
common vetch 22
Vicia sativa
spring vetch 23
Vicia sativa sativa
chaparral pea 5
Pickeringia montana
Loma Prieta hoita 24
Hoita strobilina
Chamise 5
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Hollyleaf Cherry 18
Prunus ilicifolia
Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany 25
Cercocarpus betuloides
Toyon 5
Heteromeles arbutifolia
ocean spray 26
Holodiscus discolor
California Wild Rose 27
Rosa californica
ground rose 1
Rosa spithamea
hairy ceanothus 11
Ceanothus oliganthus
Coffeeberry 24
Frangula californica
redberry buckthorn 28
Rhamnus crocea
hollyleaf redberry 29
Rhamnus ilicifolia
Brittle Leaf Manzanita 30
Arctostaphylos crustacea
brittleleaf manzanita 31
Arctostaphylos crustacea crustacea
Big Berry Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glauca
Pacific Madrone 32
Arbutus menziesii
Henderson's Shooting Star 1
Primula hendersonii
California gilia 33
Gilia achilleifolia
Gilia achilleifolia achilleifolia
bird's-eye gilia 33
Gilia tricolor
purple false gilia 5
Allophyllum gilioides
variableleaf collomia 34
Collomia heterophylla
serpentine leptosiphon 33
Leptosiphon ambiguus
variable linanthus 35
Leptosiphon parviflorus
Slender Phlox
Microsteris gracilis
Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia
Scarlet Pimpernel 36
Anagallis arvensis
red osier dogwood 1
Cornus sericea
Lindley's blazingstar 37
Mentzelia lindleyi
Field Madder 9
Sherardia arvensis
Catchweed Bedstraw 38
Galium aparine
graceful bedstraw 39
Galium porrigens
Naked Buckwheat 5
Eriogonum nudum
Hoary Wild Buckwheat 40
Eriogonum saxatile
Fairy Mist 41
Pterostegia drymarioides
Common Chickweed 9
Stellaria media
shining chickweed 42
Stellaria nitens
Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed 9
Cerastium glomeratum
Common Catchfly 5
Silene gallica
Douglas' stitchwort 43
Minuartia douglasii
red sand spurrey 44
Spergularia rubra
Velezia rigida 43
Velezia rigida 43
Oregon Bitterroot 45
Lewisia rediviva
Brewer's redmaids
Calandrinia breweri
Redmaids 46
Calandrinia ciliata
Serpentine Springbeauty 47
Claytonia exigua
Serpentine Springbeauty 33
Claytonia exigua exigua
Streambank Springbeauty 48
Claytonia parviflora
Little-flower Springbeauty 7
Claytonia parviflora parviflora
Miner's Lettuce 49
Claytonia perfoliata
Miner's-lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata perfoliata
Redstem Springbeauty 50
Claytonia rubra
Redstem Springbeauty 50
Claytonia rubra
Red-stem Springbeauty 51
Claytonia rubra rubra
Common Madia 5
Madia elegans
small tarweed 52
Madia exigua
grassy tarweed 5
Madia gracilis
Hayfield Tarweed 53
Hemizonia congesta
Hemizonia congesta luzulifolia 53
Maltese Star-thistle 54
Centaurea melitensis
Yellow Starthistle 55
Centaurea solstitialis
Pearly Everlasting 56
Anaphalis margaritacea
Fragrant Everlasting 41
Pseudognaphalium beneolens
California Cudweed 12
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Jersey Cudweed 57
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
western marsh cudweed 50
Gnaphalium palustre
Golden Yarrow 58
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Eriophyllum confertiflorum confertiflorum
Common Yarrow 59
Achillea millefolium
Stinking chamomile 60
Anthemis cotula
California Sagebrush 61
Artemisia californica
California Mugwort 62
Artemisia douglasiana

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