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Arctostaphylos spp.
I found many manzanita plants with berries on the Inaja trail, just outside Julian. Nice to see the regrowth since the fire in 2003. I think this could be pink-bract manzanita (Arctostaphylos pringlei spp. drupacea), but I'm not sure without the blooms.
From the REI site: Nearly everything you see in that direction was burned in the 2003 Cedar Fire, but the landscape is quickly recovering. At 3440 feet elevation, the overlook is often just above a temperature inversion that traps cooler, moist air below
Spotted on Jul 31, 2011
Submitted on Aug 6, 2011
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