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Ginger and Connie went on a docent-led hike in Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve called Spring Wildflower Hike. Here is the description: Join docents Lynn Jackson, Dennis Smith, Laura Levin, and Kate Gudmundson as you explore the Cordilleras, Polly Geraci, Dick Bishop and Blue Oak Trails in search of spring wildflowers. You'll enjoy a moderately- paced hike with stops along the way to take a close look at flowers in a variety of habitats. An approximately 400-foot elevation gain will bring you to your lunch spot to enjoy some of the fine views this Preserve offers. Click Here for the MAP of the Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve. Wildflower References
All photos copyright Ginger Wolnik |
Docent Lynn Jackson pointing out non-native flowers along the trail.
Wild Onion Allium triquetum (non-native)
Little Robin Geranium Geranium purpureum (non-native)
Bermuda Buttercup Oxalis pes-caprae (non-native)
Poison Oak flowers
Pitcher Sage Lepechinia calycina
Pitcher Sage Lepechinia calycina
Spanish Broom Spartium junceum (non-native)
Blue Eyed Grass
There were over 50 participants on this hike!
Arroyo Lupine Lupinus succulentus
Arroyo Lupine closeup Lupinus succulentus
lupine
Hetch Hetchy right of way full of flowering invasive plants
Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum (non-native)
Maidenhair Fern and Wood Fern
Douglas' Nightshade Solanum douglasiix
Pacific Sanicle Sanicula crassicaulis
Pacific Sanicle Sanicula crassicaulis
California Blackberry Rubus ursinus
Hillside Woodland Star Lithophragma heterophyllum
Woodland Madia Anisocarpus madioides
trail switchbacks
Western Columbine Aquilegia formosa
Western Columbine closeup Aquilegia formosa
Danny's Skullcap Scutellaria tuberosa
Fetid Addars Tongue Scoliopus bigelovii faded flower and capsule
Fetid Adder's Tongue Scoliopus bigelovii seed capsule
Pacific Starflower Trientalis latifola
Mission Bells Fritillaria affinis
Mission Bells Fritillaria affinis (underside)
Mission Bells Fritillaria affinis (capsules)
Banana Slug Ariolimax
Banana Slug Ariolimax
California Yerba Santa Eriodictyon californicum
Manzanita or Madrone berries?
Bluewitch Nightshade Solanum umbelliferum
view of Crestview neighborhood
Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Connie at our lunch stop
Ginger at our lunch stop
Ginger at our lunch stop
Western Vervain Verbena lasiostachys
California lotus (Acmispon wrangelianus)
blue version of Scarlet Pimpernell
Hop Trefoil Trifolium campestre (non-native) and Indian Clover? Trifolium albopurpureum
closeup of Hop Trefoil and Indian Clover?
Bindweed (Morning Glory) Convolvulus
crowded trail
Beaked Hawksbeard Crepis vesicaria ssp. taraxacifolia (non-native)
Spanish or Scotch broom
orange and pink versions of Scarlet Pimpernell
small yellow flowered composite
Fairy Lantern Calochortus albus
Connie and Ginger at the end of the hike
Connie and Ginger
The End!