BOTHE-NAPA
REDWOOD TRAIL
March 6,
2008
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Trail Description:
Bothe-Napa SP is always delightful. Much of the park runs along
the Ritchey Creek which is cool and shady with it's deep forest ethereal
quality. We leisurely went along the Redwood Trail which Hugs the creek for
about a mile. The recent rains left most everything green, except a few
patches of dried ferns for some unknown reason.
Green sprouts were everywhere and a number of trees such as Buckeye, big
leaf maple, hazel nut and ninebark were showing pale new leaves and/or
curled buds. The the birds were singing and life is good.
Trail Location:
See the park page for directions.
Blooming Plants Not Pictured:
NN=Non Native
California Bay (Umbellularia californica)
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) NN
Hounds Tongue (Cynoglossum grande)
Indian Warrior (Pedicularis densiflora)
Miner’s Lettuce (Clatonia perfoliata)
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersonii)
Small Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila heterophylla)
Snakeroot (Sanicula crassicaulis)
Vetch (Vicia sativa) NN
Ferns Not Pictured:
Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum var.
pubescens)
California Polypody (Polypodium californicum)
Chain Fern (Woodwardia fimbriata)
Goldback Fern (Pentagramma triangularis)
Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordanii)
Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)
Wood Fern (Dryopteris arguta)
%20Red%20Henbit.jpg "Red Henbit (Lamium purpureum): Non native relative to mint")
%20Milkmaids.jpg "Milkmaids (Cardamine californica): Pinkish instead of the usual white color")
.jpg "Setting out.")
%20Fairy%20Bells.jpg "Fairy Bells (Disporum hookeri): Hookeri from W. J. Hooker, famous English biologist")
%20Goldback%20Fern.jpg "Goldback Fern (Pentagramma triangularis): Emerging frond–fiddlehead")
%20Coast%20Sanicle.jpg "Coast Sanicle (Sanicula laciniata): Laciniata means “torn” in Latin–leaf looks torn")
%20Mission%20Bells.jpg "Mission Bells (Fritillaria affinis): Found in woodlands, scrub and grasslands below 6000 feet")
%20Wake%20Robin.jpg "Wake Robin (Trillium ovatum): Blooms about the same time the Robin’s arrive")
%20Coltsfoot.jpg "Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var. palmatus): In bud. Likes very moist areas")
.jpg "One of the small creeks feeding Ritchey Creek.")
%20Calypso%20Orchid%20.jpg "Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa): Saw maybe a dozen specimens. Population has dwindled")
.jpg "Ritchey Creek")
%20Big%20Leaf%20Maple.jpg "Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum): Last years seed pods, flower buds and emerging leaves all together")
%20Dutchman’s%20Pipe.jpg "Dutchman’s Pipe (Aristolochia californica): This & Wild Ginger are the only 2 plants from their family in our area")
%20Woodland%20Star.jpg "Woodland Star (Lithophragma affine): Name comes from habitat in woods")
%20Western%20Buttercup.jpg "Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis): Only has 5 petals")
%20Common%20Chickweed.jpg "Common Chickweed (Stellaria media): Non native. Likes shade. Widespread.")
.jpg "Shelf Fungus")
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%20Red%20Henbit.jpg "Red Henbit (Lamium purpureum): Non native relative to mint")
Red Henbit (Lamium purpureum): Non native relative to mint