Echium Pininana – Within 15 m of S. Ridge Trail

            Please ignore unless you are interested in native habitat protection & restoration.  

This is a young, healthy Echium pininana.  This photo was taken about 15m south of the S. Ridge Trail, a little into the scrub.  This and the one in the adjacent photo were less than 2m apart and were the highest up on the ridge, and the closest specimens I found to the S. Ridge trail.   In two or three years they each could be 5m tall or taller and produce nearly 200,000 seeds. I expect there are other youngsters in the area but these were sufficient to document how close they've come to the ridge.  Once I found them I didn't search much more in this immediate area, in order to not disrupt the scrub.

These photos are an experiment to see whether I can use flickr to document the range of a population of Echium pininana in the Pedro Point Headlands open space.  

I think they are invasive in this area and need to be controlled sooner rather than later.  I do not know if any efforts have begun to do so.

Taken in: United States / California / Pacifica / Shelter Cove (show map)

Taken on: September 11, 2014

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Echium pininana

Pedro Point Headlands

Pacifica

Invasive species

Canary Islands

Introduced

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Devil's Slide Trail

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Camera: Nikon D200, f/14.0, 1/80 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D200
Lens:	AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	-2 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.2.01
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