Natural History Wanderings

submitted by Doug Wirtz

Hike at Jepson Prairie this morning (03/31/13). Saw Lastehenia or goldfields, Limnanthes douglasii ssp rosea or meadowfoam, Muilla, Dowingia insignis, D. concolor, D. pusilla, Psilocarphus brevissimus, Triphysaria eriantha, Castilleja campestris, Eryngium, Navarretia, Plagiobotrys or popcorn flower, Viola pedunculata or California golden violet, Dichelostemma or Blue dicks, Achyrachaena mollis or blow wives, Pogogyne zizyphoroides or Sacramento pogogyne, a pair of nesting Canada geese, Lepidurus packardii or Tadpole shrimp, Pacific chorus frog tadpole. A beautiful morning. The rainfall really “kicked up’ the bloom.