Joatngna Trail
This is a short, easy trail adjacent to the Lower San Antonio Fire Station, not far off Mt. Baldy Road, — it's immediately above the San Antonio Dam, on the road signposted Upland, which is Shinn Road, becoming Mountain Avenue at the county border, where the fire station is located. The area was formerly covered by eucalyptus trees, which burned in the 2003 wildfires. SInce then, the area has been cleared of eucalyptus and the native vegetation is being encouraged. There is plenty of it to see. This is an example of a location that in itself is not spectacularly situated, but is easy to access and offers a substantial variety of native flora. And there is a great view up the canyon towards Mt. Baldy, as shown below.
There is also a web page on this site describing the aftermarth of fire on the Joatngna Trail.
Click on the thumbnails to see higher-resolution images, 720 x 480 pixels.
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Left: In the midst of the trees is the Lower San Antonio FIre Station. Behind it is the Joatngna Trail. Center: The wall of the San Antonio Dam. Right: A lookout at the top of the Trail gives this view of Mt. Baldy and San Antonio Canyon. |
Collar lupine (Lupinus truncatus). See the March-April 2003 edition of our newsletter, The Paintbrush, for an introduction to lupines. |
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Hall's bush lupine (Lupinus excubitus) |
Stinging lupine (Lupinus hirsutissimus) |
Bishop's lotus (Lotus strigosus) |
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Coulter's lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus) |
Common deerweed (Lotus scoparius) |
Bramble hairstreak butterfly |
Pale swallowtail butterfly |
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| Telegraph weed (Heterotheca grandiflora) |
Chaparral whitethorn (Ceanothus leucodermis) |
Hillside gooseberry (Ribes californicum var. hesperium) |
White flowering currant (Ribes indecorum) |
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Skunkbush (Ribes trilobata) |
Silk tassel (Garrya sp.) |
Coffeeberry (Rhamnus californica ssp. californica) showing characteristic veins on the reverse side |
Hollyleaf redberry (Rhamnus ilicifolia) |
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Tower mustard (Arabis glabra) |
Wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus) |
Pipestems (Clematis lasiantha) |
California croton (Croton californicus) |
Coffee fern (Pellaea andromedifolia) |
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Chia (Salvia columbaria) |
Tree poppy (Dendromecon rigida) |
Suncup (Camissonia sp) |
Lace pod (Thysanocarpus curvipes) |
Twocolor everlasting (Pseudognaphalium bicolor) |
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California peony (Paeonia californica) |
Chaparral gilia (Gilia angelensis) |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Images copyright © 2009 Graham Bothwell
Thanks to Jane Strong for assistance in identification of plants, flowers, and butterflies.
