Natural History Wanderings

Homestead Valley has a new wildflower update. See photos and maps at February 7, 2020 NEW – Bay trees’ yellow clusters of flowers are filling the air with their sweet vanilla scent. – Footsteps of spring is blooming in the middle of the trail at 7j below the Homestead Hill. – Indian warrior’s burgundy plumes are spreading down the hill below 15 on the Homestead Trail. Forests – Fetid adder’s tongue, a small lily with distinctive red mottled leaves, is blooming at several locations in the forest along the Homestead Trail. – Trilium is blooming under bay trees in the forest near the water tank at 6d.