O'Melveny Park BioBlitz

shady soil surface

Shady soil surface

Senescent plant

Basing ID on leaves only.

Sorry for the bad photos. Senescent plant with large, toothed cauline leaves. Branched panicle. Seeds with white pappus.

Growing along a trail on the way up to the overlook. It may have been planted but is not being tended in any way now.

Shrub with small, grayish toothed leaves. Slightly glandular. No flowers, looks like buds are still forming on the branches.

Some kind of Nassella patch above the trail. No seeds or flowers still on the plants.

Dried flower/seed heads on plant.

Apparently growing untended up in a canyon. This is looking east from lower part of the overlook trail.

Growing in riparian area. Sorry for the bad photos.

Sapsucker drillings on this Pepper Tree.

Is this an ash tree? Smooth pinnately compound leaves. I couldn't see any obvious fruit. Could have been planted. Near the bathrooms in O'Melveny park.

Growing in lawn areas in park. Long, very compact inflorescence.

Senescent.

Large Stephanomeria.

Senescent

Senesced annual plant. Twisted dehiscent seed capsule with long hairs.

Small gray leaves with entire margins. Leaves kind of fleshy. Small herbaceous
plant, maybe an annual.

Senescent perennial grass. I think it's Nassella. Some seedds still on the inflorescence. Growing on a steep earth slope, shady spot.

Photo of squashed fruit to show the seeds.

Tiny annual grass. Senescent.

Looks like it may have been planted as part of a past restoration project.

planted as part of a restoration project?

Growing in streambed.

Growing on edge of lawn area

Shady area near dry stream bed.

Growing along trail.

About to flower. Shady area near riparian area but not in wet soil.

Growing on trail on way up to overlook.

on Solsola australis/tragus plant. With other hemiptera.

On Hesperoyucca

Under rock in riparian area.

Terrible photo. Umber skipper?