[pct-l] Poodle-dog bush

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

I just realized, after looking at some pictures online and comparing  
them to a picture I took on the PCT that there was poodle-dog bush on  
the PCT! I took the picture on the descent from the Liebre mountains  
down toward the sag pond before doing the annoying walk around the  
Tejon Ranch property line toward Hikertown. Thank goodness I never  
touched it. I thought it was really pretty. If you don't know, poodle- 
dog bush causes a rash like poison oak. It sounds like, from some  
other articles I found, that the rash can be caused by the whole  
plant and not just the flowers. It won't be in bloom anymore, but the  
plant could still get you. Some friends of mine got the rash hiking  
this weekend in a burn zone near where I live in Santa Barbara.

My picture:
http://picasaweb.google.com/dianesoini/ 
PCT20083PointsToHikertown#5215822566935104306
Pictures of poodle-dog bush:
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-genre=Plant&where- 
taxon=Turricula+parryi
Article with more pictures about poodle-dog bush:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/oldar-flower-bush-2001799-people-fire