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Originally Posted by freeztar
Let me know if you need help ID'ing those plants. They're both old friends of mine. 
Good data you have so far. I'm guessing you found the first flower around the "oops" point (or somewhere across that field)?
If you are having blisters over such a short distance, then something is not right with your footwear. What type of socks do you wear? What type of shoes?
If you get desperate and are proned to blisters no matter what footwear, then I recommend 'moleskin'. You can get it at REI. |
I need more help than the world has to give.
By all means do not dally proffering identifications, particularly for the flowers. I found the first flowers 2 minutes after I left the road.
I do have poor footwear for this kind of thing; leather pull-on boots and I covered heavy hiking socks with cotton work socks. Moleskin and I are ol' buddies, but it wasn't in the budget. [ It's readily available at the druggists too...does REI charge an arm and a foot for it?] It makes a good prophylactic against blisters as well as atreatment. Add to that my reclusive nature and limited vigorous exercise, and you got a formula for blisters. Just the cost-of-doing-business and the blisters will heel (
) before the rest of me.
I'll keep trickling down photos, scans, and videos and please don't hesitate to ID any of it. (Especially if I mis-identify something.
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Here's a shot of a Douglas Fir - Pseudotsgua menziesii - not far from Oak#3 on the map. That's a 6 inch rule on my walking stick for scale.
PS I collected a water sample, but it could be a few weeks before I can get a test kit; is there a limit on how long it can stay in the bottle and still make for a good test?
Re: Environmental Study of Lechtenberg Park
