More California groundcones! (Boschniakia strobilacea) I imagine that the rhododendrons are in full bloom along Kruse Ranch Road this time of year. Have you ever visited the trail on the north side of Stump Beach in Salt Point Park? The Calypso orchids grow in vast numbers in late March to early April:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_%28orchid%29> It's a very pretty flowering plant. Fortunately for Dr. Baye, most of the rare plant communities were on full display during his visit. The fringed corn lilies with their spectacular spring leaves: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/folkbird/427743176/> and winter flowers: <http://tinyurl.com/fringedCornLilyFlowers> as well as my favorite, the Coastal lily (Lilium maritime): <http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=4807>. He also spotted the bane to our proposed development, California sedge (Carex californica) <http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-genre=Plant&where-taxon=Carex+californica>. He did tell me that all the grasses in our little meadow were non-native and that some were highly invasive. He urged me to spray herbicide and replant with California sedge. (That could become an acceptable mitigation for some of the "take" of plants where I want to build.) By now the Pacific azaleas are in full bloom: <http://mendonomasightings.blogspot.com/2012/04/very-first-wild-azaleas-and-wild.html>. We have a half-acre cluster of them associated with a sloping wetland within a redwood forest. The flowering plants day in height from 2 feet to about 25 feet. Once the flowers start to decay the scent is overpowering. Ours give off a peach or a raspberry odor. We'd be rich if we could bottle those smells! On May 25, 2012, at 2:08 AM, John D wrote: > We saw this just a few days ago. > http://www.johnd.com/artist/unknown.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
