PT. REYES  BAYVIEW July 15,  2010 Home Trail Description: Well, if you're looking for the almost perfect easy hike, this is it. It's lush, well marked, shaded, downhill, has flowers, some views, and is short. Trouble is, you'll need a shuttle to avoid the return hike. For those wishing longer hikes, you can simply climb back up, or tie this in with any number of trails close by like Sky or Muddy Hollow. More info: here   Blooming Plants Not Photographed: NN= Non Native Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) Aesculus californica (Buckeye) Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)NN Anthemis cotula (Mayweed)NN Artemisia douglasiana (Mugwort) Briza maxima (Rattle Snake Grass)NN Carduus pycnocephalus (Italian Thistle)NN Castilleja affinis (Indian Paintbrush) Cirsium brevistylum (Indian Thistle) Cirsium vulgare (Bull Thistle)NN Claytonia siberica (Candy Flower) Conium maculatum (Poison Hemlock)NN Erechtites glomerata (Australian Fireweed)NN Erechtites minima (Australian Fireweed)NN Fragaria vesca (Wood Strawberry) Gamochaeta purpurea (Purple Cudweed) Gnaphalium luteo album (Weedy Cudweed)NN Gnaphalium ramosissimum (Pink Cudweed) Heracleum maximum (Cow Parsnip) Hirschfeldia incana (Summer Mustard)NN Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray) Hypochaeris radicata (Rough Cat’s Ears)NN Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker Plant)NN Lathyrus latifolia (Sweet Pea)NN Lessingia filaginifolia (California Aster) Linum bienne (Narrow Leaf Flax) NN Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans (California Honeysuckle) Lotus corniculatus (Bird’s Foot Trefoil)NN Lupinus albifrons (Silverleaf Lupine) Lythrum hyssopifolia (Loosestrife)NN Madia sativa (Coast Tarplant) Mimulus aurantiacus (Sticky Monkey Flower) Myosotis latifolia (Forget Me Not)NN Navarretia squarrosa (Skunk Weed) Oenanthe sarmentosa (Water Parsley) Oxalis corniculata (Creeping Wood Sorrell)NN Phacelia malviflora (Stinging Phacelia) Plantago coronopus (Cutleaf Plantain)NN Plantago lanceolata (English Plantain)NN Polygala californica (Milkwort) Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup)NN Rhamnus californica (Coffee Berry) Rubus ursinus (California Blackberry) Rumex acetosella (Sheep Sorrell)NN Sanicula crassicaulis (Snakeroot) Scrophularia californica (Bee Plant) Silene gallica (Windmill Pink)NN Silybum marianum (Milk Thistle)NN Sisyrinchium bellum (Blue Eyed Grass) Sonchus asper (Prickly Sow Thistle)NN Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow Thistle)NN Solanum americanum (Small Nightshade) Stachys ajugoides (Hedge Nettle) Stachys chamissonis (Giant Hedge Nettle) Stellaria media (Common Chickweed)NN Symphyotrichum chilense (Aster) Trifolium repens (White Clover)NN Urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle) Veronica americana (American Brooklime) Vicia hassei (Slender Vetch) Vicia sativa (Vetch) NN Ferns & Allies Not Photographed: Dryopteris arguta (Coastal Wood Fern) Equisetum arvense (Common Horsetail) Equisetum telmateia (Giant Horsetail) Polystichum minutum (Sword Fern) Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (Bracken Fern)