Given the lack of moisture this winter, there were few annual plants to count this spring. We found just a handful of Erodium and Lesquerella individuals hiding in all the standing dead annual grasses. On this trip we also conducted a census of perennial shrubs and grasses on the plots. This is a survey we have conducted every 3-5 years since 1989. Perennial grasses appear to have declined recently on all plots while Ephedra seemed to be more abundant that in previous censuses. We’ll be working up the data soon.
- Erodium cicutarium
The Portal Project 