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| OSA Volunteer and CNPS member, Dave Chapman organized a series of three burn area surveys. |
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| Burn Team volunteers included members of
the local chapter of the California Native Plant Society. |
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| Burn started in an off-trail area of the preserve and destroyed +/- 20 acres before it was contained. |
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| The fire provided a unique opportunity to increase our knowledge of plant regeneration. |
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| Burn survey team members fan out looking for new plant growth. |
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| Flames, extreme heat left this soap root a charred hull. |
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| When new growth found, its location was noted and when possible, the plant was identified. |
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| We saw lots of this plant. Its leaves had a fleshy feel to them. |
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| The leaves of this plant reminded me of a dandelion. |
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| This one, of scarlet pimpernel. |
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| Diverse effects of fire on the landscape. |
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| Only a small variety of plants have started to regenerate. |
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| Team hikes past a patch of Narrow Leaf Milkweed. |
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| Narrow Leaf Milkweed |
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| California Fuchsia |
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| Blue-eyed Grass |
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| This fire-blackened CA buckeye should spring to life after seasonal rains. |
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| Burn area mostly steep hillside grasslands. |
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| Burn team nears an outcrop of serpentine. |
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| Sensitive area fenced off to protect it from grazing cattle. |
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| Team particularly on the look out for serpentine endemic plant species. |
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| A partially burned outcrop of dudleya. |
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| Burn team works its way to a forest area touched by the fire. |
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| Coast live oak burned as the fire swept uphill. |
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| Group works its way through a scorched section of oak woodland. |
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| Team member inspects the inside of a partially burned oak. |
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| Burn survey ended where the fire was halted by the Mayfair Ranch Trail. |
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| Fire damage on a slope below Mayfair Ranch Trail. |
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| Fire damage below Mayfair Ranch Trail. |
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| Burn line between glassland and chaparral very apparent. |
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| These oaks were singed but remain alive. |
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| Fire seemed to have skipped around as it swept uphill. |
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| View looking east towards Uvas Valley. |
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| With spring rains on the way, these hillsides will turn lush and green. |
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