Chaparral Yucca (Yucca whipplei, Liliaceae aka Hesperoyucca whipplei, Agavaceae) after the White Fire
These are plants of native Chaparral Yucca (Yucca whipplei) plant in the Liliaceae plant family - now renamed as Hesperoyucca whipplei in the Agavaceae on a dry flat by the Santa Ynez River, burned by the White Fire last May. The small ones look dead, but if you look close you can spot a couple of seedlings in the foreground. Apparently I never photographed this particular cluster just after the wildfire, but this photo from July 26 is similar. The younger plants have all died, but the large one is hanging on. (Paradise, Santa Ynez River, 17 January 2014)
Chaparral Yucca (Yucca whipplei, Liliaceae aka Hesperoyucca whipplei, Agavaceae) after the White Fire
These are plants of native Chaparral Yucca (Yucca whipplei) plant in the Liliaceae plant family - now renamed as Hesperoyucca whipplei in the Agavaceae on a dry flat by the Santa Ynez River, burned by the White Fire last May. The small ones look dead, but if you look close you can spot a couple of seedlings in the foreground. Apparently I never photographed this particular cluster just after the wildfire, but this photo from July 26 is similar. The younger plants have all died, but the large one is hanging on. (Paradise, Santa Ynez River, 17 January 2014)