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 […]
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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