Visitors 34
Modified 21-Dec-23
Created 6-May-23
33 photos

After the heavy rains, flowers abound. A tour past the lake, along the creek, back up through the woodland and the spot of serpentine, and back to the Visitors' Parking Lot. Many lovely flowers, again and again.

Here is a larger collection, less seriously curated. Along the woodland and riparian trails, we find White Globe Lily, Pacific Starflower, Giant Trillium, Star-flowered Lily of the Valley, Chaparral Clematis, Columbine (!), Striped Coralroot Orchid (!), Fremont's Star Lily, Warrior's Plume, Sticky Monkeyflower (many at their peak, some quite past), Blue Witch, Pitcher Sage, and California Yerba Santa. Mourning Dove, Banana Slug, fungi, moss, and Leather Oak in bloom. Amazing clouds.
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) on Searsville DamWhite Globe Lily (Calochortus albus, AKA Fairy-lantern)Pacific Starflower (Lysimachia latifolia)Pacific Starflower (Lysimachia latifolia), Up CloseGiant Trillium (T. chloropetalum)Banana SlugStar-flowered Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum stellatum, AKA Slim Solomon)Clematis?Crimson Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)Crimson Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), CloserCrimson Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)Crimson Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), CloserStriped Coralroot Orchid (Corallorhiza striata)Striped Coralroot Orchid (Corallorhiza striata) with BeetleStriped Coralroot Orchid (Corallorhiza striata) (with Beetle)Blossoms of Striped Coralroot Orchid (Corallorhiza striata)Fremont's Star Lily (Toxicoscordion fremontii)Warrior's Plume (Pedicularis densiflora)Seeds of Warrior's Plume (Pedicularis densiflora)Fungi and Moss