Natural History Wanderings

Where to photograph in California – Yahoo Groups has a wildflower report for Big Basin State Park

Conditions are drier than usual for mid March.  Still enough water to make the fall nice. Found good numbers of usual redwood forest wildflowers with my main interest with trillium and sorrel that will peak in about a week.   Good numbers of western trillium, trillium ovatum, two-eyed violet, viola oceollata, star flower, trientalis latifolia, milkmaids,  cardamine californica,  evergreen violet, viola sempervirens, and redwood sorrel, oxalis oregana, to make good choices for most aesthetic specimens.  Best areas from a bit down trail from the Kelly Creek crossing to Berry Creek which nicely is shadowed mornings so light isn’t harsh for fill flash work and many easy to photo specimens are right along the often mossy up slope side of the trail.  Also good up first half mile of spur Timms Creek Trail.  And even imaged a couple of several scarlet cap mushrooms plus always amusing banana slugs.

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