Giant trillium (T. chloropetalum), miner's lettuce (Claytnia perfoliata), ferns, and other plants line the trail. Grass springs up in this little-used stretch. A California buckeye (Aesculus californica) leans across the trail. Poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum), mostly in dead-looking sticks, grows profusely above the trail. Near Trail 2, 8:03 am.