Here are photos taken at Rancho San Antonio, mostly along the Coyote Trail. Click Here for map.

Click Here for guide to plants and animals. Also Calflora and Wildflower Search

Poison Oak turning red already, Calfornia Buckeye in bloom

closer view of Poison Oak and California Buckeye

Poison Oak berries

Sticky Monkey Flower in bloom

closer view of Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus

closeup of Sticky Monkey Flowers Mimulus aurantiacus

Calfornia Buckeye Aesculus californica

Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra caerulea (drought stressed?)

healthier Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra caerulea in stream bed

closeup of Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra caerulea

Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa

side view of Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa

Harvest Brodiaea Brodiaea elegans

Yellow Mariposa Lily Calochortus luteus

Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata

closeup of Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata

California Buttercup Ranunculus californicus

California Hedge Nettle Stachys bullata

closeup of California Hedge Nettle Stachys bullata

Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium

closeup of Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Golden Currant Ribes aureum

closeup of Golden Currant Ribes aureum berries

California Wild Rose Rosa californica

Beaked Hawksbeard Crepis vesicaria (non-native)

closeup of Beaked Hawksbeard Crepis vesicaria (non-native)

Dovefoot Geranium Geranium molle (non-native)

closeup of Dovefoot Geranium Geranium molle (non-native)

Yellow Starthistle Centaurea solstitialis (invasive non-native)

Italian Thistle Carduus pycnocephalus (invasive non-native)

Shortpod Mustard Hirschfeldia incana (invasive non-native)

closeup of Shortpod Mustard Hirschfeldia incana (invasive non-native)

California Burclover Medicago polymorpha (invasive non-native)

Common Chickweed Stellaria media (non-native)

Wild Radish Raphanus sativus (invasive non-native)

Poison Hemlock Conium maculatum (invasive non-native)

California Buckeye and Shortpod Mustard

Milk Thistle Silybum marianum (invasive non-native)

closeup of Milk Thistle Silybum marianum (invasive non-native)

more heads of Milk Thistle Silybum marianum (invasive non-native)

Western Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica