United States, California, Los Angeles, Big Tujunga Wash/Verdugo Mountains Region: East of Hansen Dam, entered at Orcas Ave. parked at Orcas Park, hiked east of this park along river (just north of Wentworth Street), but not as far as the Tujunga ponds.
34.267222 -118.368889
34§ 16m 2s N; 118§ 22m 8s W
325 meters
1066ft.
Large sandy wash, perennial river, with a lot of Salix spp. both tree and shrub forms. Associated with: Salix gooddingii, S. exigua, S. lasiolepis, S. lucida ssp. lasiandra, Populus fremontii, Platanus racemosa (not many trees, but some seedlings along river), Alnus rhombifolia, Cyperus involucratus, Juncus rugulosus, Eleocharis parishii, Baccharis salicifolia, Bidens laevis, Polygonum hydropiperoides, Rumex sp. Veronica angaliis-aquatica, Meliotus alba, Typhas sp. Agrostis viridis, Mimulus cardinalis, M. guttatus, Xanthium strumarium, Ageratina adenophora, Piptatherum miliaceum, Arundo donax, and Polypogon monspeliensis.