Visit 7: Hillside, Creekside, and Lower Bald trails

4/23/2017

Partly cloudy morning at Sugarloaf.

As a result of our lab on graminoids, I noticed the predominance of Bromus and Avena in grasslands. On Hillside trail, more Sisyrinchium bellum was in bloom near Nemophila menziesii. In sunnier areas, Quercus garryana becomes the dominant tree in Oak Woodland rather than Quercus agricola. (This was not that apparent before since Q. garryana had not yet leafed out.)

Parts of Creekside and Hillside trails remain closed. The park is building some workarounds for visitors, but I was not able to eat lunch at a bench under my favorite spreading Q. kelloggii tree.

Posted on April 28, 2017 09:29 PM by laurablatt