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Available Reviews
Corral Canyon Zuma Canyon |
Date of Review
1/1. 12/29, 11/27. |
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We've had some rain so it won't be long before things green-up. In many ways, the first small blades of green appearing along the edges of the trails is as exciting to me as a hillside of flowers. It means Spring is coming!
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| Corral Canyon |
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1/1/20 |
This is an area that burned thoroughly in the Woolsey Fire 14 months ago. It looks to be recovering well with new dense growth of chaparral on the hillsides and recovering oaks and sycamores on the valley floor. Not much was in bloom today, only cliff aster, twiggy wreath plant, wild morning glory and some clumps of slender sunflowers. However I saw plenty of signs of flowers to come. If we continue to get rain, and maybe even if we don't, this promises to have a spectacular spring bloom.
— Dorothy Steinicke
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| Zuma Canyon |
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12/29/19 |
1 month and 5 inches of rain since the last time I did this hike. There are actually fewer flowers in bloom but the hillsides are turning deep green and there is water flowing in the creek. The ashy buckwheat and cliff aster are still prevalent but there are some spring flowers that are popping up; locoweed, fuchsia flowered gooseberry and hedge nettle among them. This is a lovely hike and promised to only get better.
— Dorothy Steinicke
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| Zuma Canyon |
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11/22/19 |
We'd had the first rain of the season and I was eager to see the impact on Zuma Canyon, an area thoroughly burned a year ago in the Woolsey Fire. At first glance the canyon looks brown and dried out but a more thorough look shows the recovery that is taking place. The oaks, sycamores, black walnuts and toyon all have fresh new growth. While the area around the parking lot is choked with the dried remains of fifteen-foot invasive mustard plants, once you are away the dominant plants become rye grass, ashy buckwheat and mountain mahogany. The ashy buckwheat is in full bloom and is lovely. That is the only plant that is blooming profusely but the usual autumn plants are all there to some degree; sawtooth golden bush, California fuchsia, cliff aster and cudweed aster. I was surprised to find some spring blooming plants also in bloom; bush mallow, purple and white nightshade and sticky monkey flower. There is water in the creek in the back of the canyon and there I found some creek monkey flower. It is encouraging to see this beautiful space making a recovery and refilling itself with beautiful California native plants.
— Dorothy Steinicke
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