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Zuma Canyon |
Date of Review
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! And thanks to Dorothy for kicking things off with the first report of the season.
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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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Contact Information:
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Santa Monica Mountains NRA 401 West Hillcrest Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 805-370-2301 www.nps.gov/samo |
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What's Blooming
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www.smmflowers.org/whatsblooming
or go to
www.nps.gov/samo
click on
"Plan Your Visit" > "Things to Do" > "Look for Wildflowers"
