Natural History Wanderings

Henry Coe State Park has a new wildflower bloom update today at the Pine Ridge Association website  at: Henry W. Coe – Wildflower Guide.  Currently blooming are:

Bigberry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca
Buttercup, California Buttercup Ranunculus californicus
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica
Common Chickweed Stelaria media
Coyotebrush, Chaparral Broom Baccharis pilularis

Fuchsia-Flowered Gooseberry Ribes speciosum
Hillside Gooseberry, California Gooseberry Ribes californicum
Indian Warrior Pedicularis densiflora
Lace Parsnip, Wooly-fruited Lomatium Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. dsasycarpum
Lowland Shooting Star, Padre’s Shooting Star Dodecatheon clevelandii ssp. patulum
Milkmaids, Toothwort Cardamine californica
Persian Speedwell Microsteris gracilis
Slender Phlox, Annual Phlox Microsteris gracilis
Western Hound’s Tongue, Hound’s Tongue Cynoglossum grande
Whitelow Grass, Spring Whitlow Grass Draba verna