JACK LONDON 
FALLEN BRIDGE TRAIL

May 14,  2009
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Trail Description:
Fallen Bridge takes a nice mountainous loop that ranges from meadows to Redwoods. There is an elevation gain from about 800 feet at the parking lot to 1300 feet at the highest point. But much of the trail is through dense woodlands and shaded canyons, which makes it a good warm weather hike.

Park Page:
here
Trail Map: here

Blooming Plants Not Photographed:
NN=Non Native
Baby Stars (Leptosiphon parviflorus)
Baby White Eyes (Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria)
Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) NN
Blue Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)
California Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)
California Honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula)
Canyon Nemophila (Nemophila heterophylla)
Childing Pink (Petrorhagia prolifera) NN
Cotton Balling Plant (Micropus californicus)
Cut Leaf Geranium (Geranium dissectum) NN
English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) NN
False Lupine (Thermopsis macrophylla)
False Solomon’s Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
Fairy Lantern (Calochortus amabilis)
Farewell -To-Spring (Clarkia amoena)
Fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia)
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) NN
Field Calendula (Calendula arvensis) NN
Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa) NN
Hawkweed (Hieracium albiflorum)
Hedge Nettle (Stachys ajugoides var. rigida)
Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus discolor)NN
Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus) NN
Long Beaked Filaree (Erodium botrys) NN
Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) NN
Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor)
Ookow (Dichelostemma congestum)
Prickly Sow Thistle (Sonchus asper)
Purple Sand Spurrey (Spergularia rubra) NN
Rattle Snake Grass (Briza maxima) NN
Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
Red Larkspur (Delphinium nudicaule)
Red Stemmed Filaree (Erodium cicutarium) NN
Rose Clover (Trifolium hirtum) NN
Rough Cat’s Ears (Hypochaeris radicata)NN
Rusty Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys nothofulvus)
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) NN
Shamrock (Trifolium dubium)NN
Sky Lupine (Lupinus nanus)
Small Rattle Snake Grass (Briza minor) NN
Star Flower (Trientalis latifolia)
Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza berteroi)
Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) NN
Vinca (Vinca major) NN
Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis)
Wood Rose (Rosa gymnocarpa)
Woodland Madia (Madia madioides)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)


Ferns Not Photographed:
Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
California Polypody (Polypodium californicum)
Goldback Fern (Pentagramma triangularis)
Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordanii)
Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)
Wood Fern (Dryopteris arguta)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Narrow Leaf Clover (Trifolium angustifolium): Introduced species that probably came in with horse manure.