[APWG] OK to send the URLs of the wildflower pics to anyone.

[Craig Dremann - Redwood City Seed Company]

Dear All,

I just had a request from one of the APWG listserve readers, to send the
URL of our wildflower pics to other listservers.

We want as many people as possible to see the beauty of a native ecosystem
understory that is weed-free, at http://www.ecoseeds.com/wild.html and
http://www.ecoseeds.com/wild.08.html

After we have managed exotics plants in wildlands situations here in North
America, fortunately there are still a few examples of what the original
native ecosystem understories looked like, which is a wonderful goal to
work towards in weed management.

If you can get on a plane to Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo is about 4 hours
north on US 101, and then the wildflowers are only 20-60 miles east of US
101.  We will be going back in 2 weeks to check the flowers west of 101,
along Cal. 41.

Becuase of the odd rainfall pattern this spring, it is really a
one-in-a-lifetime flower show, since the exotic grasses have been so
severely suppressed by the Feb-March drought.

I did a Post-mile-by-postmile megatransect along Cal. 58, and noted what
species grew at each post mile:

Starting at PM 12 along Cal.58, each mile has a new mix of wildflowers,
like a gigantic landscape painting:

12- Amsinckia, goldfields, lupines.
13- Chamise with native Paeonia calif. understory.  There are only 32 sp.
Paeonia worldwide, and only two in No. Amer., and one is sprouting in an
old burn within the chamise.
14- Amsinckia,lupines, native bunchgrasses.
15- Shooting stars, Amsinckia, native bunchgrasses (Poa).
16- Lupines, goldfields, brodiaea.
17- Lupines,Amsinckia, Cal. poppies.
18- Jct. La Panza Rd., awesome, Baby blue eyes, goldfields, layia,
Amsinckia, native bunchgrasses (Poa), total 10 acres at least.
19- Amsinckia, Lupines.
20- Amsinckia, Cal. poppies.
etc.

If anyone is interested, I could post the rest of the Cal. 58 mile-by-mile
native understory megatransect.

We also have pics of the Death Valley and Mojave desert show from 2005,
that we will be posting in a few weeks at
http://www.ecoseeds.com/wild.05.html

Sincerely,  Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333