Windy Hill Hike, June 20, 2018
Ginger went on a Mid-Peninsula Open Space District in Windy Hill Open Space Preserve called "Explorer Hike: Late Bloomers."

Here is the discription:

Enjoy a search for late spring wildflowers and other natural wonders with docents Laura Levin, Lynn Jackson, Kate Gudmundson, and Mary Brunkhorst. You'll hike at a leisurely pace along the Spring Ridge, Meadow, Betsy Crowder, and Eagle Trails. Along the way, you'll view Sausal Pond and follow a portion of lovely Corte Madera Creek.

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Wildflower References

All photos copyright Ginger Wolnik


Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia


Toyon flowers Heteromeles arbutifolia


Toyon berries from last year


In Memory of Betsy Crowder


Muhlenberg's Centaury Zeltnera muehlenbergii


Muhlenberg's Centaury Zeltnera muehlenbergii


Muhlenberg's Centaury Zeltnera muehlenbergii


closeup of Muhlenberg's Centaury Zeltnera muehlenbergii


closeup of Muhlenberg's Centaury Zeltnera muehlenbergii


California Cudweed Pseudognaphalium californicum


Coyote Mint Monardella villosa


closeup of Coyote Mint Monardella villosa


Common Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus


Fringe Cups Tellima grandiflora


closeup of Fringe Cups Tellima grandiflora


another closeup of Fringe Cups Tellima grandiflora


white horse wearing fly mask


pinto horse


both horses


lunch stop


start of Eagle Trail


Eagle Trail sign


Giant Horsetail Equisetum telmateia


Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus


Thimbleberry berry Rubus parviflorus


Ginger Wolnik at the lunch stop


male deer


male deer, antlers just starting


Sausal Pond


male Common Whitetail Dragonfly Plathemis lydia


large tadpoles in Sausal pond (probably non-native bullfrogs)


Western Verbena Verbena lasiostachys

The End!