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Chaparral Trail above Malibu Creek State Park Visitor Center.
Caterpillar phacelia (Phacelia cicutaria).
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
View of Goat Buttes and the Malibu Creek drainage from the Chaparral Trail.
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
View of Goat Buttes from the Chaparral Trail.
View east to the surrounding Santa Monica Mountains from the Chaparral Trail.
Typical brush vegetation along the Chaparral Trail.
Our Lord's candle (Hesperoyucca whipplei).
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
White sage (Salvia apiana) along the Chaparral Trail.
Mott Road, Malibu Creek State Park.
California sycamore (Platanus racemosa).
Mott Adobe Ruin off of Mott Road, Malibu Creek State Park.