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4345-pinto-mountain.jpg After an hour on Pinto Mountain, I start my way back down to the valley on the easy north side through a boulder patchThumbnailsI stumble upon what I think is a barberry (berberis) bush on the way down the north side of Pinto MountainAfter an hour on Pinto Mountain, I start my way back down to the valley on the easy north side through a boulder patchThumbnailsI stumble upon what I think is a barberry (berberis) bush on the way down the north side of Pinto MountainAfter an hour on Pinto Mountain, I start my way back down to the valley on the easy north side through a boulder patchThumbnailsI stumble upon what I think is a barberry (berberis) bush on the way down the north side of Pinto MountainAfter an hour on Pinto Mountain, I start my way back down to the valley on the easy north side through a boulder patchThumbnailsI stumble upon what I think is a barberry (berberis) bush on the way down the north side of Pinto MountainAfter an hour on Pinto Mountain, I start my way back down to the valley on the easy north side through a boulder patchThumbnailsI stumble upon what I think is a barberry (berberis) bush on the way down the north side of Pinto Mountain

Some of the stems look rather old; perhaps this plant burned during the 2005 brush fires and has regenerated.