#fireecosystem

First spread from my September trip to Stebbins. The beautiful colors of late summer/early fall: oranges, reds, browns, pinks, and a few dusty greens. #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #ecoreportage #firecycle #fireecology #fireecosystem #annashummingbird #californiafuschia #toyon #poisonoak #borderedplantbug #californiamaidenhairfern #spottedtowhee #californiabuckeye #pipestemclematis #westernfencelizard https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lmtVGgWA2/?igshid=yqx5pglni4wj

More pages from my hike with @pyrosketchology at Stebbins Cold Canyon in June. There are still plenty of wildflowers enjoying the open canopy, now four years after the fire. #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #ecoreportage #fireecology #fireecosystem #pacificsanicle #saniculacrassicaulis #redribbons #clarkiaconcinna #elegantclarkia #clarkiaunguiculata #imbricatephacelia #phaceliaimbricata #purplenightshade #solanumxanti #californiaspicebush #calycanthusoccidentalis https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Gi-aEg2c7/?igshid=16ly4n60qndyw

@pyrosketchology and I hiked in Stebbins Cold Canyon in June, talking about fire and nature journaling. These drawings were done after the fact based on my notes and photos. #firecycle #fireecology #fireecosystem #ecoreportage #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #soapplant #chlorogalumpomeridianum #fourspotclarkia #clarkiapurpurea #californiapitchersage #lepechiniacalycina #bushmonkeyflower #diplacusaurantiacus #ladybug #coccinellidae #poisonoak #toxicodendrondiversilobum https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ElodFgcjq/?igshid=kkj02vbuj2c2

It always took me a moment after a large shape whizzed past my head to figure out whether it was a hummingbird or a grasshopper. The sound generally gave the grasshoppers away. #annashummingbird #interiorliveoak #californiawildgrape #yerbasanta #californiaquail #mountainmahogany #grayhairstreak #slenderclover #californiatowhee #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #ecoreportage #firecycle #fireecosystem https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ovSyogZGM/?igshid=heomlwvyxug2

Looking at the Stebbins landscape this September - a hillside of gray pines, dead and possibly still dying; the dry creekbed and up the slope. Beauty everywhere at the end of the summer. The dying gray pines are a natural part of the chaparral fire cycle - they are killed off in fires but readily recolonize in periods between fires. #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #ecoreportage #firecycle #fireecology #fireecosystem #graypine #pinussabiniana #grayhairstreak #strymonmelinus https://www.instagram.com/p/B5qk5D5AVEJ/?igshid=1m9r88ven7ibq