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 ↓

Common Douglas-fir 1
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Coast Douglas-Fir 2
Pseudotsuga menziesii menziesii
Lesser hop trefoil 3
Trifolium dubium
Rose Clover 4
Trifolium hirtum
Short-flower Deervetch 5
Acmispon parviflorus
chaparral pea 6
Pickeringia montana
Wartleaf Ceanothus 7
Ceanothus papillosus
Western Star Flower 8
Lysimachia latifolia
Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia
scarlet pimpernel 9
Anagallis arvensis
Blow Wives 10
Achyrachaena mollis
Golden Yarrow 11
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
common yarrow 12
Achillea millefolium
California chicory 6
Rafinesquia californica
Coyote Brush 13
Baccharis pilularis
rayless arnica 14
Arnica discoidea
Common Stork's-bill 16
Erodium cicutarium
Bigleaf Maple 17
Acer macrophyllum
Denseflower Indian Paintbrush 18
Castilleja densiflora
California Poppy 22
Eschscholzia californica
European elder 16
Sambucus nigra
blue elderberry 13
Sambucus nigra caerulea
Pacific Sanicle 23
Sanicula crassicaulis
Hoary Rock-rose 24
Cistus creticus
Hairy rock-rose
Cistus creticus eriocephalus
California yerba santa 6
Eriodictyon californicum
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant 14
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Fremont's Deathcamas 7
Toxicoscordion fremontii

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