Just visited the Grove of Titans again, May 1st, to see how the redwoods and area were doing, and capture the present scene in photograph. Last time I saw these redwoods was summer 2012. It’s evident than more than a handful of people are not limiting movement to packed spots for photos. Also, some folks […]
Just dug this photo out of the files yesterday for my Facebook page. It’s one of a few photo stitch images from a few years ago. For scale, you can see me near ground level. This Simpson Reed trail loop is still one of my favorites. The trailhead was moved around the corner to Walker […]
The image below shows some Oregon Spikemoss near the Mill Creek trail in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. This is not a moss, but a plant … Selaginella oregana. It can also grow on trees as an epiphyte. One description I found said that the fine stems can hang down up to 60 centimeters (about […]
The scene here shows a research team headed for a study grove in the heart of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. This kind of trek was made early morning and late afternoon daily for a couple of weeks. In the study grove, they measure trees, sap flow, moisture, number of species and more. Dr. Robert […]
Took this photo just a couple minutes upstream from Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. This is a confluence of the Smith River, less than 1 mile from Hiouchi. Nearby there is a bridge to crossing so visitors can pass through Douglas Park and reach Howland Hill Rd., Stout Grove, and the midst of the redwood […]
If you ever explore Jedediah Smith redwood park’s west edge adjacent to Crescent City, you may spot a hulking giant trunk with a cave in it — the Church Tree redwood — and it has a goose pen inside it the size of a room. A few months ago, I placed my flash units inside to show […]
1st two weeks of April … and the first Cobra Lily flowers extend upward. This particular Darlingtonia in the photos below is not the botanical wayside near mile marker 17 or 18 of Hy. 199. This patch is less than 1/2 mile of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Cobra Lily and Coast Redwoods habitats are […]
Right now, early April, Flowering Currant is blooming around the north redwood parks. The genus is Ribes. One of my favorite indigenous plants. The locations I spotted these at recently, were around Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and a few around Bald Hills Road above Redwood National Park, past Lady Bird Johnson Grove. These Ribes […]
Recently, Michael Taylor (co-discoverer of world’s tallest tree Hyperion) has been assembling and launching drones to further explore, map and document forests and look for tall trees. The unit shown below was fitted with a video camera, and follows a flight plan. This is the latest of several tools that Michael added to his assortment […]
Trilliums appear in the redwood forest during spring. The most common seems to be Trillium ovatum, which can be either white or purple / maroon. Another trillium seen more rarely is Trillium chloropetallum / Trillium kurabayashii …. the places I’ve seen it were closer to water, like Redwood Creek trail at Redwood National Park, and […]
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