JACK LONDON
LAKE
TRAIL
January 21,
2008
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Trail Description:
This was the first trail for us and we basically stayed within a half
mile of the parking lot. There is a creek environment on one side of the
road and a gentle hill setting on the other with scattered oaks throughout.
Flowers were numerous.
Trail Location:
See the park page for directions.
Blooming Plants Not Photographed:
NN= Non Native
Common Manzanita (Arctostaphylos manzanita ssp. manzanita)
Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis)
Milk Maids (Cardamine californica)
Narrow Leaf Cattail (Typha angustifolia)
Small flowered Nightshade (Solanum americanum)
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)–berries only
Vinca (Vinca major) NN
Weedy Cudweed (Gnaphalium luteo-album) NN
Ferns Not Photographed:
Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
California Polypody (Polypodium calirhiza)
Goldback Fern (Pentagramma triangularis)
Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordanii)
Sword Fern (Polystichum minutum)
%20Fruticose%20lichen%20.jpg "Fruticose lichen on a tree branch.")
%20Mushrooms.jpg "Mushrooms in Tricholomataceae family.")
%20Duckweed.jpg "Duckweed (Lemna sp.): It covered lake. Named because spreads by sticking to duck’s feet.")
.jpg "Duckweed extreme close up.")
%20Marsh%20Pepper.jpg "Marsh Pepper (Polygonum hydropiper): Was growing in water. Native to Europe.")
%20Laural%20Bay.jpg "California Laurel Bay (Umbellularia californica): The leaves are said to relieve headache and colic.")
%20Hounds%20Tongue.jpg "Hounds Tongue (Cynoglossum grande): Liked the shade in the woods.")
%20Shiny%20Leaf%20Oregon%20Grape.jpg "Shiny Leaf Oregon Grape (Berberis pinnata): These yellow buds become blue-purple berries.")
%20Shiny%20Leaf%20Oregon%20Grape.jpg "Shiny Leaf Oregon Grape with leaves")
%20Rough%20Car’s%20Ear.jpg "Rough Cat’s Ear (Hypochoeris radicata): Very common non native.")
%20False%20Solomon%20Seal%20.jpg "False Solomon Seal (Smilacina stellata): Early. Usually doesn’t bloom until March. Very small flower")
%20Calendula.jpg "Calendula (Calendula arvensis): Blanketed edge of vineyard. Escaped landscape ornamental.")
.jpg "Upper Lake Trail")
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%20Fruticose%20lichen%20.jpg "Fruticose lichen on a tree branch.")
Fruticose lichen on a tree branch.