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Visitors 105
Modified 15-Feb-23
Created 4-Mar-18
34 photos

Walking Portola Valley trails with an iPhone on our early morning walks, we find early spring bursting out all over.

Trails include those in Portola Valley Ranch (Sweet Springs, Deer Path, and Mader Valley); to the south (Black Oak, Blue Oak, and Los Trancos); and across Alpine Road (Eagle Trail). Images are in rough chrolological order, covering several mornings in February and two in early March. What a lovely spring!
Giant Trillium (T. chloropetalum)Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande)Flowers of Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande)Weed?Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande)Dead PigeonPacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis)Giant Trillium (T. chloropetalum)Giant Trillium (T. chloropetalum)Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande)Leaf of Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande)Trail Sign with IceIce CrystalsPotted OrchidsPacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis) and California Maidenhair (Adiantum jordanii)Blossoming California Bay (Umbellularia californica)Giant Trillium (T. chloropetalum)Giant Trillium (T. chloropetalum)Blossoms of Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)