Mt.

Diablo
Fire succession

Daptophytes (shrubs killed by fire)

Ribes malvaceum Chaparral Currant Ceanothus cuneatus Buck Brush Malacothamnus fremontii White-coat Mallow Helianthemum scoparium Rush Rose Arctostyaphylos auriculata Mt. Diablo Manzanita Arctostaphyllos manzanita Contra Costa Manzanita Lepechinia caltcina Pitcher Sage Solanum umbelliferum Blue Witch Artemesia californica California Sage Ericameria arborescens Narrow-leaf Goldenbush

EMPYROPHYTES (stump sprouting after fire)

Umbellularia californica Adenostoma faciculatum Cercocarpus betuloides Pickeringia montana Ptelea cremularis Toxicodendron diversilobum Rhamnus californica Rhamnus ilicifolia Garrya ellitica Arctostaphylos glandulosa Salvia mellifera Mimulus aurantiacus Sambucus mexicana California Bay Chamise Mountain Mahogany Chaparral Pea Hop Tree Poison oak California Coffeeberry Holly-leaf Redberry Silver Tassels Eastwood Manzanita Black Sage Bush Monkeyflower Blue Elderberry

Oak Knoll Trail

September 2013

Fall 2012

March 2103

First Signs of Life

Agelenopsis: Funnel-web Spider

October 25: Oak Knoll

California Fuchsia

Red-stemmed Filaree

Gumweed

Yarrow

October 25: Oak Knoll

Pacific Sanicle; Pacific Snakeroot

Buckwheat

Oak species

October 31 : Prospectors Gap

Lotus species

Yarrow

Yerba Santa

October 31: Prospectors Gap

Poison Oak

Toyon

Scrophularia california Bee Plant

Chaparral Pea

October 31: Prospector's Gap

Interior Live Oak

Golden Eardops

November 1: Mary Bowerman Trail

Yerba Santa

Garrya flavescens

Cream Bush

November 1: Mary Bowerman Trail

Interior Live Oak

Narrow-leafed Goldenbush

Silver Lupine

Soaproot

November 1: Mary Bowerman Trail

Blue Elderberry

Mountain Mahogany Canyon Oak

November 2: Muir Picnic Area

Hop Tree

Sierra Plum

November 2 & 3: Oak Knoll

Narrow-leafed Milkweed

Delphinium patens

Blue Oak

Coffee Fern

November 2 & 3: Oak Knoll

Yerba Santa

California Fuchsia

Phacelia imbricata

November 2 & 3: Oak Knoll

Eriogonum nudum Buckwheat

Morning Glory

Blue Oak

November 2 & 3: Green Ranch

Wild Grape

Mugwort

Andrews Bedstraw

November 2 & 3: Green Ranch

Coyote Mint

Poison Sanicle

California Sage

November 1: Upper Summit Trail

California Poppy

California Bay Cobweb Thistle

November 1: Upper Summit Trail

Western Wallflower

Hillside Penstemon

Phacelia species

Silver Lupine

November 1: Upper Summit Trail

Phacelia species

Coffeeberry

November 30: Green Ranch to Curry Point

Field Mustard

Blue Elderberry

Chamise

November 30: Green Ranch to Curry Point

Oregon Gold

Blue Witch

Stachys species

November 30: Green Ranch to Curry Point

Coyote Bush

Star Zygadene

Pitcher Sage

November 30: Green Ranch to Curry Point

California Chicory

California Blackberry Bracken Fern

November 30: Green Ranch to Curry Point

Lathrys species

Big-leaf Maple

December 14: Muir Picnic Area

Hop Tree with frost damage

Pitcher Sage

December 15: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

White-coat Mallow Blue Oak

December 14: green Ranch to Indian Ceremonial Springs

White-coat Mallow

Phacelia species

unknown

Wooly Morning Glory

January 28: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

Milk Maids

California Chicory

January 28: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

Poison Sanicle

Lomatium species

Blue-eyed Grass Blue Dicks

February 14: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

Soaproot

Miners Lettuce

Western Wallflower

February 14: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

Giant Hounds Tongue

Lotus humistratus

Lomatium macorcarpum

February 14: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

Dove Lupine

Red Delphinium

Cryptantha species

Hillside Pea

February 14: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

California Fuchsia

Calochortus species

February 14: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

Marah fabaceus

Star Zygadene

Emmenanthe penduliflora

February 14: Muir Picnic Area

Golden Eardrops

Sierra Plum

February 17: Upper Summit Trail

Gnaphalium species

Lupine species

Western Wallflower

February 17: Upper Summit Trail

California Bay

Senecio vulgaris

February 17: Upper Summit Trail

Danny Skullcap

Dudleya cymosa

Clematis species

February 17: Upper Summit Trail

California Poppy

Cheilanthes covilei

Clarkia species

Bedstraw

February 17: Upper Summit Trail

Giant Hounds Tongue Poison Sanicle

February 21: North Peak Trail

Chia

Brewers Rock Cress

Agoseris species

Narrow-leaved Goldenbush

February 21: North Peak Trail

Mt. Diablo Phacelia Hillside Pea Baby Blue-eyes

February 21: North Peak Trail

Phacelia distans

Coast Arnica

Tauschia hartwegii

Rock Sanicle

February 21: North Peak Trail

Checker Lily (in bud)

Blue Dicks

March 12: Mary Bowerman Trail

Sickle-leaved Onion

Pediomelum californicum

March 12: Muir Picnic Area

Narrow-leaved Miners Lettuce

Winter Cress

March 12: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

Pacific Sanicle

Oriental Rocket

Birds Eye Gilia

March 12: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

Marah fabaceus in fruit

Crypaththa species

Delphinium patens

March 12: Oak Knoll-Green Ranch

Ranunculs canus

Miners Lettuce