Ironwood Trees

May 1929 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Leaflet:

“Through the courtesy of Mr. Smith, the superintendent of the Vail Ranch, the Director (Ralph Hoffmann) was enabled to camp in the interior of the island, in Lobo Canyon at the base of Black Mountains. From this base camp, the ridge of Black Mountain, Green, Soledad and Elder Canyons were explored.” Hoffmann found “one wind-blown Ironwood (Lyonothamnus) in Elder Canyon.”