Pacific willow recovering from fire?
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/23/2012 10:08 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>> Those are impressive blue anthars. Very cool wildflower. Thanks for
>> posting.
>>
>
> I finished identifying two more plants from that trip. First one is
> Brownplume Wirelettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8210344065/in/photostream/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8211431628/in/photostream/
>
> Many field guides describe this entire genus as having ten petals, whereas it
> can be five or ten. The bifurcated anthers make a good identification key.
>
> Second one is Pacific Willow (Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra syn S.
> lasiandra):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8211430876/in/photostream/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8211430224/in/photostream/
>
> I've walked past this tree for years, not noticing anything out of the
> ordinary as it was more than 6 meters tall with the leaves out of close
> range. But this time I happened to notice that the leaves were quite large,
> very dark in colour, and had small clasping leaves along the stem. There are
> at least four species of willow in the area (Goodding, Red, and Arroyo being
> the other three) and this was the last of those four that I had not yet
> observed.
>
> Now that I've completed the initial USFS work in setting up
> photopoints, I can go through the area more casually, leaving the notebook
> behind and instead carrying a suitable (ie - heavy and reversible) tripod and
> spend an entire day looking carefully for interesting plants.
>
> Chris
>
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