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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
Pearly Everlasting 4
Anaphalis margaritacea
Fragrant Everlasting 5
Pseudognaphalium beneolens
California Cudweed 6
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Jersey Cudweed 7
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
western marsh cudweed 8
Gnaphalium palustre
Golden Yarrow 9
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Eriophyllum confertiflorum confertiflorum
Common Yarrow 10
Achillea millefolium
Stinking chamomile 11
Anthemis cotula
California Sagebrush 12
Artemisia californica
California Mugwort 13
Artemisia douglasiana
velvety goldenrod 2
Solidago velutina
velvety goldenrod 2
Solidago velutina
California goldenrod 1
Solidago velutina californica
Flax-leaved Horseweed 14
Erigeron bonariensis
rock-loving fleabane 15
Erigeron petrophilus
Erigeron petrophilus petrophilus
Q-tips 16
Micropus californicus
cottontop 17
Micropus californicus californicus
smooth mule-ears 1
Wyethia glabra
Common Yellow Chaenactis 18
Chaenactis glabriuscula
Coyote Brush 19
Baccharis pilularis
Pineapple Weed 20
Matricaria discoidea
rayless arnica 21
Arnica discoidea
roughleaf aster 8
Eurybia radulina
slender woolly-marbles 22
Psilocarphus tenellus
common groundsel 23
Senecio vulgaris
woodland woollythreads 1
Monolopia gracilens
California cottonrose 24
Logfia filaginoides
Narrowleaf Cottonrose 25
Logfia gallica
common hareleaf 1
Lagophylla ramosissima
Golden-fleece 26
Ericameria arborescens
Rubber Rabbitbrush 27
Ericameria nauseosa
showy rabbitbrush 28
Ericameria nauseosa speciosa
sessileflower false goldenaster 29
Heterotheca sessiliflora
Heterotheca sessiliflora echioides 30
Stinkwort 31
Dittrichia graveolens

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