# Sespe Wilderness — November 2025

2025-11-26 · Sespe Wilderness, Ventura County, CA

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## Day 1 · November 26

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**Approx. distance:** about 7.5 miles.

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**Observed:** [Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328840934), [rod wirelettuce](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328841017), [rabbit-tobaccos](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843152), [White Sweetclover](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843166), [California matchweed](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843188).

## Day 2 · November 27

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**Approx. distance:** about 10 miles.

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**Observed:** [chaparral whitethorn](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843207), [chamise](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843269), [Thick-leaved Yerba Santa](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843279), [Big Berry Manzanita](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843300), [coast live oak](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843318), [California Buckwheat](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843336), [threadleaf groundsel](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843355), [Coffee Fern](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843366), [branching phacelia](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843383), [California Aster](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843399), [Bush Poppy](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843413), [California dodder](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328843435), [White Sweetclover](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849431), [Willows](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849444), [Western Honey Bee](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849460), [western ragweed](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849483), [boletes](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849501), [White Horehound](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849546), [Thin-legged Wolf Spiders](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849565), [Flatspine Bursage](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849583), [scarlet bugler](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849602), [Sagebrush Goldspeck Lichen](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849638), [Dicots](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849687), [California fuchsia](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849746), [Sacred Datura](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849771), [Red-tailed Hawk](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850592), [Rock Wren](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328917602).

## Day 3 · November 28

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**Approx. distance:** about 1 miles.

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**Observed:** [Wishbone Bush](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328849985), [Painted Lady](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328874933), [mule fat](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850030), [bird's foot cliffbrake](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850081), [Bigelow's Spikemoss](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850199), [California Ground Squirrel](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328917650), [Prickly Pears](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850232), [Say's Phoebe](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328874878), [Western Side-blotched Lizard](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328874877), [Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850246), [white sage](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850263), [greenspot nightshade](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850293), [lanceleaf liveforever](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850312), [tall evening primrose](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850342), [white alder](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850373), [Western Honey Bee](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328874809), [California asterella](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850465), [saw-toothed goldenbush](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850483), [hollyleaf cherry](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850506), [Frémont Cottonwood](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850528), [Gray Buckeye](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328874694), [Bighorn Sheep](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328874639), [Red-tailed Hawk](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328874484), [Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850543).

## Day 4 · November 29

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**Approx. distance:** about 16 miles.

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**Observed:** [Western Toad](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850608), [Eleodes grandicollis](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850623), [Anemones, buttercups, larkspurs and allies](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850641), [Yellow-faced Bumble Bee](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850666), [Agaricineae](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850684), [Dicots](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328850731).