Dance Fire

[Tom Kitten]

6. The orange colored grove in the first photos are

Manzanita and the blackened trees in the last few pictures are, I believe, Madrone. The two species are related but manzanita reaches a maximum height of about 20 feet while madrone can grow over 100 feet high. Both have orange to red bark that is constantly peeling.
They have extremely hard wood and are very drought and fire resistant. That makes me think that not all these trees are dead. I'm thinking of revisiting the area and would like to see what's there, a year later. The drought is really bad there.