Plants

  • May 2012

    A New Treasure This month, MMPC celebrates its twelfth anniversary. Often, in the course of those twelve years, we have made reference to the many “treasures” on More Mesa – birds, animals, plants, habitats, views etc. And now, just in time to celebrate our anniversary, we are delighted to report that yet another treasure has…

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    March 2012

    Despite the lack of rain, signs of spring are beginning to appear on More Mesa. This Sunday, two butterfly species and two flowering plants were photographed. More Mesa Native Plants – March, 2012 Lacy Phacelia Chaparral Clematis Lacy Phacelia is a native annual, found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The common name…

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    December 2011

    As another fairly quiet year on More Mesa draws to a close, and as has been our custom, we offer highlights of 2011. Updated Biological Resources Study More than eighteen months after field work for the Updated Biological Resources Study was completed, a draft report was issued by Santa Barbara County. The 429 page report, prepared by…

  • November 2011

    Plant List An online plant list for More Mesa has now been compiled and loaded onto the web site. The entries on the list are derived from the 1982 and 2010 Biological Resources Studies, a list from the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens, and a few other observations. Please click here for the list. Native Plants Blooming…

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    September 2011

    Stories of More Mesa Last month we shared one of our “Stories of More Mesa”; stories that tell the world what More Mesa means to the people who cherish it.  This month we present a second story, a different story, but the same theme. (If you, too, have a story you would like to share,…