Upper Arana Gulch is blooming!
I guess I've never visited Upper Arana Gulch at this time of year. I've been there in May and June to hear Swainson's Thrushes and catch glimpses of Wilson's Warblers. I've been there in fall to enjoy fruiting coffeberry, creek dogwood and hazelnut and in winter when the willows and creek dogwoods are bare. I was completely unprepared for the number of plants that were blooming here last Sunday. Masses of pale blue forget-me-nots bordered the road, beautiful in spite of the the fact that they're non-native invasives. A variety of native flowering plants, mosses, and ferns made this short walk very interesting.
Observations
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Giant Vetch (Vicia gigantea)Observer
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Growing on a steep bank in semi-shaded area Coast Live Oak-mixed evergreen forest.
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Hooker's Fairybells (Prosartes hookeri)Observer
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Growing on steep bank above road on shady Coast Live Oak-mixed evergreen forest,
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Pacific Hound's Tongue (Adelinia grandis)Observer
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On steep slope in shady area
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Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)Observer
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Heard and see at top of tree.
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Star-flowered Lily-of-the-Valley (Maianthemum stellatum)Observer
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In Coast Live Oak-mixed evergreen forest on steep, shady slope above road.
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Slender Banana Slug (Ariolimax dolichophallus)Observer
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A. californicus or A. dolichophallus?
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California Asterella (Asterella californica)Observer
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On steep slope above road in Coast Live Oak-mixed evergreen forest. There wer both mosses and liverworts growing together, but I think the cute umbrella-like structures belonged to the liverworts.
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Woodland Stars (Genus Lithophragma)Observer
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On step slope above road in Coast Live Oak-mixed evergreen forest.
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Western Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum aleuticum)Observer
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On steep slope above road between parking lot by Delaveaga disc golf area and road running past archery range.
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Mexican Devil (Ageratina adenophora)Observer
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On steep slope above road in shady area. California Invasive Plant Council lists this as a moderate invasive.
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Pacific Pea (Lathyrus vestitus)Observer
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On steep slope above road in Coast Live Oak-mixed evergreen forest.
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California Polypody (Polypodium californicum)Observer
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On steep slope above road in Coast Live Oak-mixed evergreen forest.
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True Sedges (Genus Carex)Observer
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On steep slope above road in Coast Live Oak forest.
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Checkerbloom (Sidalcea malviflora)Observer
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On grassy slope.
Comments
Hi Barb can you look at my white winged scoters in the distance, I think they are actually red brested mergansers. Jack pointed out the necks with white.
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