Natural History Wanderings

The Marin CNPS has a new wildflower report for Pt. Reyes

found many plants still in flower including the following.The Eriogonum latifolium coast buckwheat and Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla dune gumplant were in flower at the South Beach parking lot.
In the area of the Lighthouse parking lot, they found Piperia elegans ssp. decurtata Point Reyes rein orchid, Castilleja exserta ssp. latifolia dune owls-clover, Silene scouleri ssp. scouleri Scoulers catchfly, Agoseris apargioides var. eastwoodiae Point Reyes agoseris, Dudleya farinosa sea-bluff-lettuce, and Cirsium andrewsii Franciscan thistle.
In the area of the Chimney Rock parking lot, they found more Piperia elegans ssp. decurtata Point Reyes rein orchid, and Perideridia kelloggii  Kellogg’s yampah.
By the side of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. they found Piperia elegans ssp. elegans coastal rein orchid.

See photos and older reports at Recent Wildflower Reports – CNPS Marin.

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