Mountain in California, United States
Figueroa Mountain
is a summit in
Santa Barbara County
in the
U.S. state
of
California
. It is in the
San Rafael Mountains
, part of the
Transverse Ranges
group of ranges. The mountain is located in
Los Padres National Forest
.
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Figueroa Mountain was named for a member of the well-known southern California family, the most eminent of whom was
Jose Figueroa
, governor of
Alta California
in 1833?35.
[3]
In turn, the mountain itself served as the inspiration for the name for the
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company
.
[4]
The
Figueroa Mountain Recreation Area
has excellent spring wildflower displays after wet winters. Late March brings out the early blooming specimens such as purple shooting stars (
Dodecatheon clevelandii
ssp. clevelandii). Later arrivals on the mountain include chocolate lilies (
Fritillaria biflora
), and the scarlet Indian paintbrush (
Castilleja
spp). The open grassland areas support a profusion of annual species including goldfields (Lasthenia spp.), sky lupine (
Lupinus nanus
), and California poppy (
Eschscholzia californica
). Other favorites include hummingbird sage (
Salvia spathacea
) and blue dicks (
Dipterostemon capitatus
). The plant community here is an inland central oak woodland dominated by valley oak (
Quercus lobata
), blue oak (
Quercus douglasii
), interior live oak (
Quercus wislizenii
), and gray pine (
Pinus sabiniana
). The companion shrub species are manzanita (
Arctostaphylos
spp.), coffeeberry and redberry (
Rhamnus
spp.) and gooseberry and currants (
Ribes
spp.).
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