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ROY'S REDWOODS

July 29,  2010
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Trail Description: We had some new folks with us this time to appreciate Roy's Redwoods. As usual, we took the hotter section in the cool of the morning under gray skies. Sure enough, within the hour it cleared and the temperatures rose by almost 20 degrees. Shortly thereafter we entered the welcoming canopy of Oaks, Madrones and Redwoods. A nice picnic table at the top of Roy's Nature trail (and subduing some of the rampant Poison Oak) would have made the day perfect.

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Blooming Plants Not Photographed:

NN=Non Native
Adenocaulon bicolor (Trail Plant)
Aesculus californica (Buckeye)
Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)NN
Anisocarpus madioides (Forest Madia) NN
Artemisia douglasiana (Mugwort)
Bellis perennis (English Daisy)NN
Briza maxima (Rattlesnake Grass)NN
Brodiaea elegans (Harvest Brodiaea)
Carduus pycnocephalus (Italian Thistle)NN
Cirsium vulgare (Bull Thistle)NN
Conium maculatum (Poison Hemlock)NN
Croton setigerus (Turkey Mullein)
Cyperus eragrostis (Umbrella Sedge)
Euphorbia peplus (Petty Spurge)NN
Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel)NN
Gnaphalium californicum (California Everlasting)
Helminthotheca echioides (Bristly Ox Tongue)NN
Hemizonia congesta ssp. congesta (Hatfield Tarweed)
Hirschfeldia incana (Summer Mustard)NN
Heteromeles arbutifolia (Toyon)
Heracleum maximum (Cow Parsnip)
Hypochaeris radicata (Rough Cat’s Ears)NN
Lactuca virosa (Wild Lettuce)NN
Linum bienne (Narrow Leaf Flax)NN
Lathyrus latifolius (Sweet Pea)NN
Lonicera hispidula (California Honeysuckle)
Lotus purshianus (Spanish Clover)
Mentha pulegium (Pennyroyal)NN
Mimulus aurantiacus (Sticky Monkey Flower)
Monardella villosa (Coyote Mint)
Perideridia kelloggii (Kellogg’s Yampah)
Phalaris aquatica (Harding Grass)NN
Piperia elongata (Rein Orchid)
Plantago lanceolata (English Plantain)NN
Rosmarinus officinales (Garden Rosemary)NN
Rubus discolor (Himalayan Blackberry)NN
Rumex crispus (Curley Dock)NN
Rumex pulcher (Fiddle Dock)NN
Satureja douglasi (Yerba buena)
Scrophularia californica (Bee Plant)
Sonchus asper (Prickly Sow Thistle)NN
Stachys ajugoides (Hedge Nettle)
Zeltnera muehlenbergii (White Eyed Centaury)

Ferns Not Photographed:
Adiantum jordanii (Maidenhair Fern)
Dryopteris arguta (Wood Fern)
Pentagramma triangularis (Goldback Fern)
Polystichum munitum (Sword Fern)
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (Bracken Fern)