Charred Leaf Resin

This is from a home impacted by a near approach of the Etiwanda fire. The Etiwanda fire was typical of a Southern California Chaparral fire. The black spherical particles on the lower left are common from the incomplete combustion of Red Shanks (Adenostoma sparsifolium) leaves. They come from the resin beads the exude from the leaves in hot dry weather. The upper left and fragments to the right include charred leaf and a charred vessel fragment from the woody stalk.