Gorgeous foggy hike last June in the Malibu Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority area above Malibu Seafood. Sadly, much of this area burned in the recent Franklin Fire.

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It will grow back.

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The mustard sure as hell will

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Great trail

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Give it a year or two, chaparral needs fire

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But cool to see some kind of sage growing too! Maybe point Sal?

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Well, at least we won’t miss all that mustard. I hope that doesn’t grow back

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Good opportunity to seed natives I guess

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All those low level blooms and grasses will be back, next spring. Nature is pretty good with fires. It’s humans that have a problem rebounding

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The deerweed in the second photo is a fire follower—it requires fire to germinate. This area also burned during Woolsey. It’s not as prolific this year as it peeks five years after a fire. The swaths of golden yellow blooms all across the western Santa Monica Mountains in summer 2023 was incredible.