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Saint Catherine's Lace
Eriogonum giganteum
32.6404, -117.111
Field Notes
Description:
A 3-6 ft., evergreen shub, equally as wide, with repeatedly forked branches, large gray-woolly, spoon-shaped leaves, and immense flast-topped clusters of white flowers which fade to rust-red.
Habitat:
The Sweetwater Marsh Unit of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
The San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
Complex supports habitats as diverse as coastal marshes and uplands, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, oak woodland, freshwater marsh, rare vernal pool wetlands, and the incredible breeding and nesting grounds for a suite of migratory and resident bird species in south San Diego Bay. These refuges help conserve the rich biological diversity and quality of life for which the region is famous.
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Eriogonum giganteum
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PublishedJune 4, 2013
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