| Area | Geyserville |
| Topic | Tour: Maacama Creek Watershed Vegetation |
Mount St Helena forms the largest of the peaks in the Mayacamas Mountains and it looms large in this picture, which also shows verdant grasslands in the foreground, including wetland species. Oak woodlands give way to chaparral on the flanks of the mountain. Photo taken looking east off Highway 128. Photo by Patrick Higgins. July 14, 2003.
This photo shows grasslands off Highway 128 with a zoom on Mt St Helena. The headwaters of Redwood Creek are in the draw on the north west side of the mountain at left. Photo by Patrick Higgins. July 14, 2003.
The hillslopes just above Maacama Creek along Highway 128 are covered with oaks and grasses but upper slopes have some conifers. Photo by Patrick Higgins. July 14, 2003.
Oak woodlands and grass share uplands of Maacama Creek looking east from just below the convergence of Maacama and Redwood creeks just off Highway 128. Photo courtesy of Pat Higgins. July 14, 2003.
Looking southwest from the same spot as Picture #4, redwoods and fir cover the slopes in the middle reaches of the Maacama Creek watershed. Photo by Patrick Higgins. July 14, 2003.
Maacama Creek Bridge on Chalk Hill Road was built in 1915. Riparian species here include oak and bay with conifers on the slope at the upper center of the photo. Photo courtesy of Pat Higgins. July 14, 2003.
This shot shows the canopy over-story of Maacama Creek looking upstream from the old Maacama Creek Bridge with cottonwood, oak and conifers. Photo by Patrick Higgins. July 14, 2003.
The riparian zone of lower Franz Creek has redwood forest in its secondary overstory just above where it meets Maacama Creek. Photo taken looking upstream. Photo courtesy of Patrick Higgins. July 14, 2003.
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