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 ↓

Silver Lupine 1
Lupinus albifrons
Miniature Lupine 2
Lupinus bicolor
Broadleaf Lupine 3
Lupinus latifolius
arroyo lupine 4
Lupinus succulentus
Scots Broom 5
Cytisus scoparius
Gambel's milkvetch 6
Astragalus gambelianus
Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea 7
Lathyrus latifolius
Pacific pea 8
Lathyrus vestitus
common pacific pea 8
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 4
Acmispon wrangelianus
common vetch 22
Vicia sativa
spring vetch 23
Vicia sativa sativa
chaparral pea 4
Pickeringia montana
Loma Prieta hoita 24
Hoita strobilina

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