SKYLINE 
LAKE MARIE ROAD

March 5,  2009
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Trail Description:
While Lake Marie Road isn't the most scenic trail in the park, it did provide a relatively dry path during this inclement weather.  It also provides some nice views,  is a relatively easy (though constant uphill) hike, and passes a number of interesting hillside excavations. The reward is Marie Lake at the end.

Park Link:  here

Blooming Plants Not Photographed:
NN=Non Native
Bitter Cress (Cardamine oligosperma)
Bur Clover (Medicago polymorpha) NN
Calendula (Calendula officinales) NN
California Buttercup (Ranunculus californicus)
Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) NN
California Saxifrage (Saxifraga californica)
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) NN
Common Fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii ssp intermedia)
Common Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) NN
Common Manzanita (Arctostaphylos manzanita)
Common Wood Rush (Luzula comosa)
Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis)
Field Mustard (Brassica rapa) NN
Goldfields (Lasthenia californica)
Hound’s Tongue (Cynoglossum grande)
Indian Warrior (Pedicularis densiflora)
Long Beaked Filaree (Erodium botrys) NN
Maritime ceanothus (Ceanothus maritimus)
Milk Maids (Cardamine californica)
Miner’s Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
Oregon Grape (Berberis aquifolium)
Redbud (Cercis occidentalis)
Rusty Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys nothofulvus)
Shining Pepper Grass (Lepidium nitidum)
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersonii)
Snakeroot (Sanicula crassicaulis)
Vetch (Vicia sativa) NN
White Stemmed Filaree (Geranium moschatum) NN
Wild Cucumber (Marah fabaceus)
Wild Radish (Raphanus sativus)NN




Ferns Not Photographed :
Bracken Fern (Peridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
Giant Chain Fern (Woodwardia fimbriata)
Goldback Fern (Pentagramma triangularis)
Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordanii)
Nested Polypody Fern (Polypodium calirhiza)
Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)
Wood Fern (Dryopteris arguta)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii): Native which loves moist fields.