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in the Santa Ynez Valley region.

FEATURE ARTICLE: Monardellas of our Coastal Dunes

by Larry Ballard On the matter of arguelloensis, I have seen it in a number of places near Pt. Arguello on Vandenberg, and from the first time I saw it to present day, it has always been distinct to me and quite different from the former subspecies in morphology, much less ecological distribution. Its woodiness […]

Program Report: Mount Pinos High, June 2015

Field Trip led by Joan Lentz, Tim Matthews, Larry Ballard and Susie Bartz. Reported by Laura Baldwin, photos by John Evarts. In June, about 24 Society members enjoyed a stunning 24 hours atop the region’s highest mountain (8847 ft.) with some of our area’s best teachers and naturalists. We found tectonic plates crashing together downslope; […]