Stevens Creek Trail - September 2, 2024

All photos taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS200D.
California natives are shown first, some were planted here.
Non-natives are shown at the end.


Ginger at the Yuba Drive entrance


3 out of 4 cars parked here are Teslas!


signs along the trail


burn scar next to the creek


view from the pedestrian bridge over Hwy 85


seed pod on California Buckeye Aesculus californica


acorns on Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia


Poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum


Coyote Brush about to flower Baccharis pilularis


California Sagebrush Artemsisia californica


flower buds on California Sagebrush Artemsisia californica


Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra


Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra flowers


flowers and unripe berries of Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra


ripe berries of Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra


California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum


flowers on California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum


another California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum


Matilija Poppy Romneya coulteri


another Matilija Poppy Romneya coulteri


Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia berries not ripe yet


closeup of Hummingbird Sage Salvia spathacea


California fuchsia (Zauschneria) Epilobium canum


closeup of California fuchsia (Zauschneria) Epilobium canum


another California fuchsia (Zauschneria) Epilobium canum


another closeup of California fuchsia (Zauschneria) Epilobium canum


Non-Native Plants


Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima


seed pods on Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima


Cape Leadwort Plumbago auriculata


flowers of Cape Leadwort Plumbago auriculata


closeup of Cape Leadwort Plumbago auriculata


Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis


closeup of Short Podded Mustard Hirschfeldia incana


thistle seed head


fruit of Prunus sp.


closeup of fruit of Prunus sp.


Common Sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus

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