MT. DIABLO 
MITCHELL CANYON
April 2,  2009
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Trail Description:
We so enjoyed this meadow trail lined with Oaks, Alders, Pines and Buckeyes a few weeks ago, that our wildflower group decided to pay a visit also. This time we took a short side loop that afforded different views and some unique flowers not seen on our last visit. 

Park Page: here.

Blooming Plants Not Photographed: NN= Non Native
Bedstraw (Gallium aparine)
Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) NN
Blue Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)
Blue Witch (Solanum umbelliferum)
Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus)
Bur Clover (Medicago polymorpha)NN
California Gilia (Gilia achilleifolia)
Canyon Nemophila (Nemophila heterophylla)
Chinese Houses (Collinsia heterophylla)
Douglas Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum)
Dove’s Foot Geranium (Geranium molle) NN
Fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia)
Golden Bush (Ericameria linearifolia)
Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja affinis)
Long Beaked Filaree (Erodium botrys) NN
Lotus (Lotus sp.)
Miner’s Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor)
Pineapple Weed (Chamomilla suaveolens) NN
Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
Poison Sanicle (Sanicula bipinnata)
Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys nothofulvus)
Purple Owl’s Clover (Castilleja exerta)
Purple Sanicle (Sanicula bipinnatifida)
Sandbar Willow (Salix exigua)
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) NN
Shepard’s Needle (Scandix pectin-veneris) NN
Shepard’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)NN
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersonii)
Smooth Cat’s Ears (Hypochaeris glabra)NN
Snakeroot (Sanicula crassicaulis)
Tom Cat Clover (Trifolium willdenovii)
Vetch (Vicia sativa) NN
Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis)
White Stemmed Filaree (Erodium moschatum)NN
Woodland Star (Lithophragma affine)
Wooly Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja foliolosa)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)


Ferns Not Photographed:
Bird’s Foot Fern (Pellaea mucronata)
Coffee Fern (Pellaea andromedifolia)
Goldback Fern (Pentagramma triangularis)
Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordanii)