[pct-l] Poodle bush

[aslive at charter.net]

Diane

Thanks for the picture of Poodle brush.  I live in the mountains and 
have been tempted to transplant some of this to my yard.  It was only my 
personal belief that one should not take from the forest that kept me 
from experiencing the blistering and itching that I would have well 
disserved had I tried to transplant it.

Shepherd


On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes 
wrote:

> I have a picture. This was near Hikertown and was in full bloom. The 
> flowers make you want to get close to them, but don't. Pay attention 
> to the leaves although I didn't get very many in the shot. It sort of 
> looks like yerba santa, which is also common on the trail. Easy to 
> find pictures online.
> http://tinyurl.com/7zd7g8t
>
>
> On Feb 25, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> Just a  reminder that there are huge amiunts of poodle bush in the 
>> area of the Station Fire in the San Gabriels.  This is a plant  whose 
>> seeds germinate after a fire.  They can be up to 5 or 6 feet  in 
>> height, green drooping leaves, purple flowers (I think  flowerring 
>> might be over).  They can cause reactions such as the  blistering and 
>> itching one gets from poison oak, which can last up  to 2 weeks.  Not 
>> sure if there is an oil involved, but I think they  have tiny hairs. 
>> I was up there this past w/e and it was growing  very close beside a 
>> lot of the trail, and in some cases the trail  is very narrow indeed. 
>> I'll try and find a link to pics.
>>
>> Boomerang
>
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