LongWall Canyon Trail, Oct-05 Santa Clara County Open Space Authority Public hike scheduled for 8AM, 15 November |
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| OSA's new parking lot / staging area is located 2 miles west on Casa Loma Road. | ||
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| Access road leading to the entrance of Longwall Canyon Trail. | ||
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| Overcast morning; rich tapestry of autumn colors along entire trail. | ||
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| Found this large banded Argiope spider beside the trail. | ||
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| Gracious thanks to Peter J. Bryant of UC Irvine for his "Spiders on the Web" ID link! | ||
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| Mist collects and drips from the crimson leaves of Poison Oak. | ||
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| Mist drenched manzanita leaf deadfall. | ||
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| Poison Oak displaying its seasonal color variations. | ||
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| "Leaves of Three" - the wild strawberry is often mistaken for poison oak. | ||
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| Wind-blown patterns in grasses. | ||
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| A spotted banana slug glides across a dark forest trail. | ||
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| View of Bald Peaks Trail heights as Longwall Canyon Trail nears its junction. | ||
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| A coat of lichen on a broken twig. | ||
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| A handful of springs drain the Longwall Canyon Trail watershed. | ||
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| An outcropping of California Serpentine with native grasses and lichen. | ||
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