WildflowerTripManzanaMay2008

IMG_0846 - 2008-05-11 at 07-51-59 \| Santa Ynez - Solvang	IMG_0847 - 2008-05-11 at 07-52-16 \| Santa Ynez - Solvang	IMG_0850 - 2008-05-11 at 07-54-06 \| Santa Ynez - Solvang	IMG_0872 - 2008-05-11 at 08-18-04	IMG_0876 - 2008-05-11 at 08-23-46 \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0890 - 2008-05-11 at 08-54-17 \| The San Rafael Wilderness is located in the San Rafael and Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges in southeastern Santa Barbara County. The two main corridors into the wilderness are Sisquoc River and Manzana Creek. (www.wildernessnet.com) \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District
IMG_0893 - 2008-05-11 at 08-55-49 \| Just beyond Nira park the trail crosses Manzana creek \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0895 - 2008-05-11 at 09-01-47 \| Golden-yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum ) and California Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum) \| California yerba santa - Eriodictyon californicum, Golden yarrow - Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0898 - 2008-05-11 at 09-04-53 \| Phacelia \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Phacelia, Short lobed phacelia - Phacelia brachyloba	IMG_0899 - 2008-05-11 at 09-05-30 \| Phacelia \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Phacelia	IMG_0900 - 2008-05-11 at 09-06-31 \| Phacelia \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Phacelia	IMG_0901 - 2008-05-11 at 09-09-00 \| Phacelia \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Phacelia, Short lobed phacelia - Phacelia brachyloba
IMG_0902 - 2008-05-11 at 09-09-43 \| Chaparral yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei) \| California yerba santa - Eriodictyon californicum, Chaparral yucca, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0904 - 2008-05-11 at 09-10-38 \| Bush Poppy, Chaparral yucca, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, White sage - Salvia apiana	IMG_0907 - 2008-05-11 at 09-15-06 \| Variable Butterfly (Euphydryas chalcedona) \| Butterfly, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Variable Checkerspot	IMG_0909 - 2008-05-11 at 09-15-58 \| Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona), California yerba santa \| Butterfly, California yerba santa - Eriodictyon californicum, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Variable Checkerspot	IMG_0910 - 2008-05-11 at 09-15-59 \| California yerba santa - Eriodictyon californicum, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Variable Checkerspot	IMG_0914 - 2008-05-11 at 09-19-43 \| Scarlet Bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius) \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Scarlet Bugler - Penstemon centranthifolius
IMG_0915 - 2008-05-11 at 09-20-07 \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Scarlet Bugler - Penstemon centranthifolius	IMG_0916 - 2008-05-11 at 09-25-27 \| Soft sand next to Manzana Creek \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0917 - 2008-05-11 at 09-31-41 \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0918 - 2008-05-11 at 09-31-47 \| narrow trail with a bit of a drop off \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0924 - 2008-05-11 at 09-42-16 \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0930 - 2008-05-11 at 09-52-44 \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District
IMG_0931 - 2008-05-11 at 09-53-33 \| The start of the burn area \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0932 - 2008-05-11 at 09-54-02 \| Fire work \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0933 - 2008-05-11 at 09-55-34 \| Clarkia in the burn area \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0934 - 2008-05-11 at 09-55-48 \| Oak tree renewal after the fire - the story of the Phoenix \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0936 - 2008-05-11 at 10-02-02 \| Zaca Fire burn area \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0939 - 2008-05-11 at 10-02-10 \| Zaca Fire burn area \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District
IMG_0940 - 2008-05-11 at 10-02-54 \| San Bernardino larkspur- Delphinium parryi \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, San Bernardino larkspur- Delphinium parryi	IMG_0942 - 2008-05-11 at 10-05-02 \| San Bernardino larkspur (Delphinium parryi) \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, San Bernardino larkspur- Delphinium parryi	IMG_0945 - 2008-05-11 at 10-08-04 \| Zaca fire area, I don't know if this area was a back burn area, there were trees that had been sawed and burned \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0946 - 2008-05-11 at 10-09-36 \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Phacelia, Whispering bells	IMG_0953 - 2008-05-11 at 10-15-15 \| Prickly Poppy (Argemone corymbosa) \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Prickly Poppy	IMG_0954 - 2008-05-11 at 10-16-37 \| Prickly Poppy (Argemone corymbosa) \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Prickly Poppy
IMG_0962 - 2008-05-11 at 10-22-09 \| Yucca with unusal shape after the fire. \| Chaparral yucca, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0963 - 2008-05-11 at 10-23-15 \| Chaparral yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei) \| Chaparral yucca, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0965 - 2008-05-11 at 10-25-43 \| Chaparral yucca, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0968 - 2008-05-11 at 10-26-10 \| Zaca fire remains at Manzana Creek area \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0969 - 2008-05-11 at 10-28-28 \| flowering needle bedstraw \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0970 - 2008-05-11 at 10-29-45 \| Manzan Trail area, Zaca Fire \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District
IMG_0971 - 2008-05-11 at 10-31-49 \| Chia sage, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0973 - 2008-05-11 at 10-33-45 \| Strange contemplating the role of fire in California plants \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0978 - 2008-05-11 at 11-20-46 \| Manzana Trail, Narrow trail with a drop of in some places along the way \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0981 - 2008-05-11 at 11-28-55 \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Scarlet Bugler - Penstemon centranthifolius	IMG_0982 - 2008-05-11 at 11-31-30 \| Manzan Trail \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0983 - 2008-05-11 at 11-31-53 \| California yerba santa - Eriodictyon californicum, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District
IMG_0984 - 2008-05-11 at 11-32-14 \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_0990 - 2008-05-11 at 11-57-01 \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_1005 - 2008-05-11 at 12-08-57 \| Golden yarrow and White sage \| Golden yarrow - Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, White sage - Salvia apiana	IMG_1006 - 2008-05-11 at 12-10-21 \| Narrow mountain road to Nira campgrounds \| Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District	IMG_1013 - 2008-05-11 at 12-18-57 \| Narrow mountain road to Nira campgrounds \| Figueroa Mountain, Monkey Flower, Purple sage - Salvia leucophylla	IMG_1015 - 2008-05-11 at 12-19-16 \| Figueroa Mountain, Monkey Flower, Purple sage - Salvia leucophylla
IMG_1019 - 2008-05-11 at 12-19-55 \| Figueroa Mountain, Monkey Flower	IMG_1023 - 2008-05-11 at 12-21-39 \| Figueroa Mountain, Purple sage - Salvia leucophylla	IMG_1024 - 2008-05-11 at 12-22-12 \| Figueroa Mountain, Scarlet Bugler - Penstemon centranthifolius	IMG_1026 - 2008-05-11 at 12-22-29 \| Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus) \| Figueroa Mountain, Indian Paintbrush, Monkey Flower, Purple sage - Salvia leucophylla	IMG_1031 - 2008-05-11 at 12-33-54 \| the meadow area at Figueroa Mountain was past it's prime - there were very view wildflowers \| Figueroa Mountain	IMG_1033 - 2008-05-11 at 12-38-33 \| dwarf brodiaea (Brodiaea terrestris) interesting late blummer at the meadow. \| Figueroa Mountain

Wildflower Trip to Manzana Trail - May 11, 2008Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Figueroa Mountain, Santa Ynez, Nira campground, Zaca Fire burn area

Wildflower Trip to Manzana Trail - May 11, 2008
Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Figueroa Mountain, Santa Ynez, Nira campground, Zaca Fire burn area