Thank you so much for the picture!! What a great memory. I also wanted to thank you for the walk. For me, it was a great introduction to the numerous plants in the area. I knew I should’ve been taking notes, but didn’t want to hold up my husband and daughter, so of course I’m drawing some blanks when I look at my photos, mainly for the shrubs. I got laurel sumac, holly-leaved cherry, chamise (I liked what you told us about it being a good firewood in wet weather), poison oak, toyon, basketbush, desert sage, madrone, and manzanita. Now I just have to go through and “study” them. The “flowers” I think I have under control. Thanks again so much. We loved Ojai.
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Lauren Brown and family in pool on Ventura River Preserve[/caption]
Very nice. I remember the smell of Artemisia californica exactly. Miss it.
Hi Mark. Yeah, it’s an unmistakable pungent aroma. Turns out it make a great liniment for aches, pains, sore backs, etc.