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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 ↓

Common Madia 1
Madia elegans
small tarweed 2
Madia exigua
grassy tarweed 1
Madia gracilis
Hayfield Tarweed 3
Hemizonia congesta
Hemizonia congesta luzulifolia 3
Maltese Star-thistle 4
Centaurea melitensis
Yellow Starthistle 5
Centaurea solstitialis
Pearly Everlasting 6
Anaphalis margaritacea
Fragrant Everlasting 7
Pseudognaphalium beneolens
California Cudweed 8
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Jersey Cudweed 9
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
western marsh cudweed 10
Gnaphalium palustre
Golden Yarrow 11
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Eriophyllum confertiflorum confertiflorum
Common Yarrow 12
Achillea millefolium
Stinking chamomile 13
Anthemis cotula
California Sagebrush 14
Artemisia californica
California Mugwort 15
Artemisia douglasiana
Smooth Cat's Ear 16
Hypochaeris glabra
false dandelion 17
Hypochaeris radicata
velvety goldenrod 2
Solidago velutina
bigflower agoseris 18
Agoseris grandiflora
Prickly Lettuce 19
Lactuca serriola
Beaked Hawksbeard 20
Crepis vesicaria
Beaked Hawk's-beard 20
Crepis vesicaria taraxacifolia
velvety goldenrod 2
Solidago velutina
California goldenrod 1
Solidago velutina californica
Flax-leaved Horseweed 21
Erigeron bonariensis
rock-loving fleabane 22
Erigeron petrophilus
Erigeron petrophilus petrophilus
Q-tips 23
Micropus californicus
cottontop 24
Micropus californicus californicus
smooth mule-ears 1
Wyethia glabra
Fountain Thistle 1
Cirsium fontinale
Mount Hamilton fountain thistle 25
Cirsium fontinale campylon
Cobwebby Thistle 26
Cirsium occidentale
Venus Thistle 1
Cirsium occidentale venustum
bull thistle 27
Cirsium vulgare
Common Yellow Chaenactis 28
Chaenactis glabriuscula
Silverpuffs 29
Uropappus lindleyi
Coyote Brush 30
Baccharis pilularis
Pineapple Weed 31
Matricaria discoidea
rayless arnica 32
Arnica discoidea
roughleaf aster 10
Eurybia radulina
Italian thistle 33
Carduus pycnocephalus
slender woolly-marbles 34
Psilocarphus tenellus
California Chicory 1
Rafinesquia californica
common groundsel 35
Senecio vulgaris
spiny sow thistle
Sonchus asper
woodland woollythreads 1
Monolopia gracilens
California cottonrose 36
Logfia filaginoides
Narrowleaf Cottonrose 37
Logfia gallica
common hareleaf 1
Lagophylla ramosissima
Rod Wirelettuce 38
Stephanomeria virgata
Stephanomeria virgata pleurocarpa 34
Golden-fleece 39
Ericameria arborescens
Rubber Rabbitbrush 40
Ericameria nauseosa
showy rabbitbrush 41
Ericameria nauseosa speciosa
sessileflower false goldenaster 42
Heterotheca sessiliflora
Heterotheca sessiliflora echioides 43
Woolly Desertdandelion 44
Malacothrix floccifera
Stinkwort 45
Dittrichia graveolens

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