A Field Guide to the Plants of the San Emigdio Mountains seed collections A beautiful shrub popular with

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Plant Characteristics Family Name Vitaceae Species Name Vitis girdiana Common Name Southern California Grape

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A Field Guide to the Plants of the San Emigdio Mountains seed collections A beautiful shrub popular withThe plant life of the San Emigdio Mountains Region is rich and varied due to its location at the junction of the Mojave, Great Central Valley, the Sierra Nevada, and central Coast Range ecoregions. The 8,800 foot Mount Pinos, considered the center of the universe for the Chumash people, stands at the center of the region and overlooks a broad area of the Los Padres National Forest including Frazier Mountain and the Gorman Hills along Interstate 5,