VASQUEZ ROCKS NATURAL AREA
APRIL 2010 PART TWO PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters
There has been so much to photograph at Vasquez Rocks that I have decided to break this gallery into two parts. The plethora of informal trails in addition to the main PCT, geology trail, history trail, and foot and equestrian trails affords one access into many little intimate and individual areas of the park and allows the feeling that you are far away from civilization (that is if you can tune out the drone of automobile sounds from the Antelope Freeway). There is still a small amount of water that is flowing in some of the seasonal creeks with many moisture-loving species crowding in for their measure of liquid sustenance. Many species are not currently in bloom. An asterisk (*) next to the common name indicates a non-native taxon, and a tilde (~) indicates an identification about which there is still some uncertainty. An upside-down V next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip. |
Wishbone bush Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia Nyctaginaceae |
Western poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum Anacardiaceae |
Hoary nettle, Stinging nettle Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea Urticaceae |
Cobweb thistle Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale Asteraceae |
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Nevada cryptantha Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida Boraginaceae |
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Rattlesnakeweed Chamaesyce albomarginata Euphorbiaceae |
California filago Logfia filaginoides Asteraceae |
Purple owl's clover Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta Scrophulariaceae [Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744?-1793] |
Coffee fern Pellaea andromedifolia Pteridaceae |
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Bush poppy Dendromecon rigida Papaveraceae |
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Baby blue eyes Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii Boraginaceae [Red mites, possibly genus Balaustium] |
Common groundsel * Senecio vulgaris Asteraceae |
Annual bedstraw Galium aparine Rubiaceae |
Bristly pectocarya Pectocarya setosa Boraginaceae |
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