Serpenting Grassland on Jasper Ridge (3)
A different angle, closer view. Still, chaparral and oaks border the bare ridgetop, which is serpentine and non-serpentine grassland. Actually, I am not sure about the two parallel road tracks near the top -- my best guess is, the left one is Road F and the right one, Trail 17 to Goya Gate -- this must be. Road F runs through the middle of the grassland, from Escobar and Goya Gates near the top, past the Phainopepla Tree, Trail 15, the lonely valley oak, and Trail 9 with Trail c branching off toward us. The birding transect trail is along the left side (SW) of the grassland, starting at Trail 15. A close look shows very many trails through the grassland -- wildlife?