Photos by Sedgwick Docent John Evarts detailing the regrowth of two prescribed burn sites at Sedgwick, TREX 1 burned November 2022 and TREX 2 burned November 2023.
TREX 1: Twenty acres of Coastal Sage Scrub burned November 2023
Hesperoyucca whipplei (Chaparral Yucca) sending up an inflorescence in the hot section of burn. June 6, 2022 
Castilleja densiflora (purple owl’s clover) was doing well in burn area.. May 25, 2023 
Closeup of Phachelia distans (wild heliotrope). May 25, 2022 
Phachelia distans (wild heliotrope) found at one place in the burn, a plant not previously in the Sedgwick flora although reported to be on the Ranch by Clifton Smith in the 1950s. May 25, 2022 
Variable recovery of hesperoyucca. May 25, 2022 
Closer inspection of hotter burn area on slope. May 25, 2022 
Elymus condensatus (giant rye) in burn zone . . . looking happy. May 25, 2022 
Lupinus nanus (sky lupine) setting seed. May 25, 2022 
Lupinus truncatus (sp?) already setting seed. May 25, 2022 
View from top down into hotter burn area portion as seen from west edge of Sedgwick property. May 25, 2022 
Laura Baldwin and Margie Popper at upper edge of burn area, compiling list of all plants seen while walking through burn and along parts of the perimeter. May 25, 2022 
Annual Mediterranean grasses came back strong, with no obvious diminution in abundance after the burn. May 25, 2022.
TREX 2: Twenty acres of Coastal Sage Scrub burned November 2024
Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens (red brome), an invasive exotic that is flourishing in many parts of the burn zone. April 12, 2024 
Freshly dug Badger hole in burn area. April 12, 2024. 
Close up of new growth from epicormic buds on branches of burned Quercus agrifolia. April 12, 2024. 
New growth from epicormic buds on Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak). April 12,2024. 
New spring growth on fire-singed Quercus douglasii (blue oak). April 12, 2024. 
Salvia leucophylla (purple sage) resprouting from base. April 12, 2024. 
Lupinus nanus for eye candy. April 12, 2024. 
Lupinus bicolor (Miniature lupine) on left, which is a fire-follower, and Lupinus nanus on right. See ID comparison from this source: http://classic.plantid.net/LinkArticles/MiniatureOrSkyLupine.html. April 12, 2024. 
Lupinus nanus foreground. Not sure of shrub behind, but it is not showing any basal sprouts. April 12, 2024. 
Lupinus nanus (Sky lupine). April 12, 2024. 
Acmispon strigosus (Bishop’s lotus), which is a known fire-follower. April 12, 2024. 
Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus (blue dips), a known fire-follower. April 12, 2024. 
Margie Popper doing a bird survey inside burn zone. April 12, 2024. 
Perimeter near north corner of burn, with the burn area on the right side of road here. April 12, 2024. 
Birding with with her back to the burn area, along the Gold Finch road/trail. As per instructions, we recorded birds outside the perimeter separately from birds inside the burn — although there is a zone of overlap as birds move in and out. March 1, 2024. 
Bird survey at upper north side of burn, with obvious hillside hot spots and some possible oak mortality visible lower right. March 1, 2024. 
Margie doing a bird survey within the valley/swale that was burned in Nov. 2023, TREX II. Pine siskins! March 1, 2024.