Monday, June 28, 2010

New forest type

One of the great things about going new places is seeing new things! How's that for a silly statement? But it's so true. There's nothing remarkable in what you are used to, but go somewhere else and see something different and it's "Wow, that is so cool".
We've been working on the Peninsula lately. The forests we've been working in are new to us. The association is coast live oak/madrone/coffeeberry/poison oak (sometimes lots of poison oak). Occasionally California bay and toyon. Often we see madrone as one of the trees in mixed oak hardwood forest, but usually it is a small component. This veg type of only madrone and coast live oak, in almost equal numbers, is new to us and so noteworthy.

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