Trail/Park Description:
It was nice to get a break from the deluge we have gone through much of this year, so in celebration we headed for Chimney Rock, one of our favorite. It was a little early for our visit here, as we usually save it for hotter weather, but no one had any regrets as this amazing world class scenery unfolded before us.
For all that rain, the gain is in prolific flower production which I don't think is at it's peak even now.

Blooming Plants Not Photographed:
NN=Non Native
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)NN
Arabis blepharophylla (Coast Rock Cress), List 4.3
Armeria maritima (Sea Thrift)
Calystegia purpurata (Coastal Morning Glory)
Camissonia ovata (Sun Cups)
Cardamine oligosperma (Bitter Cress)
Carpobrotus chilensis (Ice Plant)NN
Castilleja wightii (Wight’s Indian Paintbrush)
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus (Ceanothus)
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens (Creeping Ceanothus)
Cerastium arvense (Field Chickweed)
Cerastium glomeratum (Mouse Ear Chickweed)NN
Claytonia perfoliata (Miner’s Lettuce)
Delphinium decorum (Coast Larkspur)
Erigeron glaucus (Seaside Daisy)
Erodium botrys (Long Beaked Filaree)NN
Erodium cicutarium (Red Stemmed Filaree)NN
Erodium moschatum (White Stemmed Filaree)NN
Erysimum menziesii ssp. concinnum (Coastal Wallflower)
Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy)
Fragaria chiloensis (Beach Strawberry)
Fragaria vesca (Wild Strawberry)
Geranium dissectum (Cut Leaf Geranium)NN
Geranium molle (Dove’s Foot Geranium)NN
Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla (Prostrate Gumplant)
Heracleum maximum (Cow Parsnip)
Hypochaeris glabra (Smooth Cat’s Ear)NN
Iris douglasiana (Douglas Iris)
Lasthenia californica ssp. californica (Goldfields)
Linum bienne (Narrow Leaf Flax)NN
Lupinus arboreus (Bush Lupine)
Marah fabaceus (Wild Cucumber)
Medicago polymorpha (Bur Clover)NN
Mimulus guttatus (Seep Monkey Flower)
Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria (White Baby Blue Eyes)
Oxalis pes-caprae (Bermuda Buttercup)NN
Plantago lanceolata (English Plantain)NN
Ranunculus californicus (California Buttercup)
Rubus ursinus (California Blackberry)
Rumex acetosella (Sheep Sorrel)NN
Sanicula arctopoides (Footsteps of Spring)
Scandix pecten veneris (Shepard’s Needle)NN
Senecio vulgaris (Common Groundsel) NN
Sidalcea malviflora (Checkerbloom)
Sisyrinchium bellum (Blue Eyed Grass)
Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow Thistle)NN
Spergularia rubra (Purple Sand Spurrey)NN
Stachys ajugoides var. rigida (Hedge Nettle)
Stellaria media (Common Chickweed)NN
Trifolium repens (White Clover)NN
Vicia gigantea (Giant Vetch)
Vicia sativa (Vetch)NN
Viola adunca (Dog Violet)


Ferns Not Photographed:
Polypodium californicum (California Polypody)
Polystichum munitum (Sword Fern)
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (Bracken Fern)

Photo album courtesy of Jalbum