Natural History Wanderings

Henry Coe State Park has a new wildflower bloom report at the Pine Ridge Association website with photos and a list of flowers now in bloom at: Henry W. Coe – Wildflower Guide. Flowers still in bloom include Blue Elderberry, Blue Nightshade, California Buckeye, California Dandelion, California Fuchsia or Zauschneria, California Milkweed, California Poppy, California Wild Rose, Common Dandelion, Common Groundsel, California Aster, Fuller’s Teasel, Great Valley Gumweed, Large-flower Linanthus, Narrowleaf Milkweed, Purple Sand Spurry, Red-stemmed Filaree, Scarlet Monkeyflower, Scarlet Pimpernel, Seaside Heliotrope, Sticky Monkeyflower, Vinergar Weed or Blue Curls and Winter Vetch.