Hi all,

Sad to say Jordan Isken on the Starr Ranch field crew found a small patch of Aegilops triuncialis (barbed goatgrass) in a grassland off N. Preusker Rd. on Starr Ranch.  It looks like it might be the first Orange County record (Jordan is going to notify Calflora).

http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=107

Sandy

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Sandy DeSimone, Ph.D.

Director - Research and Education

Starr Ranch Sanctuary

Audubon California

100 Bell Canyon Road

Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679

Phone: 949-858-0309

Fax: 949-858-1013

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