Two Street Trees: Washington Hawthorn & Chinese Windmill Palm
Key to Groups: 1', 2', 3', 5', 8', 9', 13', 14', 15'-Group 11
Group: 11-1', 2', 6', 8', 9.
Species: Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Hawthorn)
Trees Among Us Page: 48
Observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44217381
Key to Groups: 1', 2. -Palm Tree Key on page 121
Group: 1', 2', 11', 15.
Species: Trachycarpus fortunei (Chinese Windmill Palm or Chusan Palm)
Trees Among Us Page: 125
Observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44500733
For this week's natural area observations, I decided to head to Poly Canyon Trail and look for plants. Along the trail, there are a variety of trees, woody shrubs, grasses, and flowers. The trail itself was flat and very easy to walk through. On both sides of the trail, the slopes are steep which are sloping down towards the stream down below (on the left). I believe the creek that is located below is called Brizzolara Creek. The plant community around that area seems to be chaparral and riparian due to the many woody plants and nearby creek. Below are the 5 plants I observed that I found were interesting as well as commonly distributed around the area.
Observations: