2 January - 11 February observations: 10, 18 and 26 January; 4 and 11 February on Vernal Pool, N. Vista Grande, Adobe Loop, Fenceline, Punta Mesa, S. Los Santos, S. Trans Preserve and Granite Loop Trails; Ranch Road.
The 2002 show has begun! White-flowered currant and wild cucumber are in full bloom.
New species beginning their show recently (dates are when I first observed them):
- 4, 11 February: (none)
- 26 January: two-tone everlasting
- 18 January: white-flowered currant, wild cucumber, mission manzanita (flowers).
- 2 and 10 January: (none)
There are currently 0 species not yet at full show, 5 species in full show, 2 species ending their show, and 0 species that are finished with their display this year.
List of plants in bloom or displaying colorful seeds, fruit or leaves, with date of latest observation for a given trail (within each bloom status, plants are in rough order along the trail):
Best-guess overall summary on 2/11 (alphabetically):
Buds: shooting star
Beginning: (none).
Full: wild cucumber, white-flowered currant, two-tone everlasting, mission manzanita (this year's flowers and last year's brown berries).
Ending: from last year's bloom: Mediterranean mustard, toyon (red berries).
Ended: from last year's bloom: California buckwheat (rust-color dried flowers), San Diego mountain mahogany (seeds), wand chicory.Frequently-Observed Trails
- Granite Loop Trail on 2/11 from South Trailhead:
Beginning: (none).
Full: white-flowered currant.
Ending: (none).
Ended: California buckwheat (rust-color dried flowers), San Diego mountain mahogany (seeds).- Vernal Pool Trail on 2/4 from VP Trailhead:
Buds: shooting star
Beginning: (none).
Full: two-tone everlasting, white-flowered currant, wild cucumber.
Ending: Mediterranean mustard, toyon (red berries).
Ended: wand chicory.Trails Observed Infrequently
- Adobe Loop Trail on 1/18 from Lomas Trail:
Beginning: (none).
Full: a single California everlasting.
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).- Fenceline Trail on 2/11 from Hidden Valley Parking Lot:
Beginning: (none).
Full: wild cucumber.
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).- S. Los Santos Trail on 1/18 from VP Trail:
Beginning: white-flowered currant.
Full: (none).
Ending: wand chicory.
Ended: (none).- Punta Mesa Trail on 1/18 from Adobe Loop Trail:
Beginning: (none).
Full: mission manzanita (this year's flowers and last year's brown berries).
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).- Plantings at the Adobes on 2/4:
Beginning: (none).
Full: manzanita.
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).21 February to 13 March observations: 21 February; 4 and 13 March on Vernal Pool, S. Lomas, S. Trans Preserve and Granite Loop Trails; Ranch Road.
Despite the almost complete absence of rainfall, somehow, someway, some members of each species seem able to produce at least some blooms. However, the total number of blooms is way down this year, and the length of time each species is in bloom is much decreased.
New species beginning their show recently (dates are when I first observed them; (1) means only a single plant is in bloom):
- 13 March: red maids (on trails), short popcorn flower, muilla (1), woolly marbles, tall popcorn flower (1), morning glory (1), pepper grass, spoked fringe pod, poison oak, wild sorrel (1).
- 4 March: deerweed (1, on road), red maids (on road), purple sanicle, common lomatium, goldfields, California poppy, California buttercup, California bur clover (1), Vernal Pool popcorn flower (1), blue dicks, blue-eyed grass (1), sharp-toothed sanicle, common bedstraw, sticky cinquefoil (1), goldentop (1), pineapple weed (1), white-stem filaree, redberry (1), purple needlegrass (1), checkerbloom (1), milk maids, miner's lettuce, bowlesia, climbing bedstraw (1), johnny-jump-up(1).
- 21 February: hoaryleaf ceanothus (on road), ground pinks, shooting stars, Eastwood manzanita, yellow carpet (blennosperma).
There are currently 27 species not yet at full show, 12 species in full show, 8 species ending their show, and 0 species that are finished with their display this year.
List of plants in bloom or displaying colorful seeds, fruit or leaves, with date of latest observation for a given trail (within each bloom status, plants are in rough order along the trail):
Best-guess overall summary on 3/13 (~alphabetically):
Buds: smooth cat's ear (1), curly dock (1), California peony
Beginning: climbing bedstraw (1), common bedstraw, blue dicks, blue-eyed grass, bowlesia, California bur clover, checkerbloom, sticky cinquefoil (1), deerweed (1), white-stem filaree, goldentop (1), johnny-jump-up, miner's lettuce, morning glory (1), muilla (1), Mediterranean mustard, purple needlegrass (1), pineapple weed, poison oak, short popcorn flower, tall popcorn flower (1), redberry (1), purple sanicle, sharp-toothed sanicle, wild sorrel (1), spoked fringe pod, woolly marbles.
Full: California buttercup, chocolate lily, two-tone everlasting, filaree, goldfields, ground pink, common lomatium, mission manzanita (last year's brown berries), pepper grass, Vernal Pool popcorn flower, California poppy, red maids.
Ending: hoaryleaf ceanothus, wild cucumber, white-flowered currant, Eastwood manzanita, mission manzanita (this year's flowers), milk maids, shooting stars, yellow carpet (blennosperma).
Ended: (none).Frequently-Observed Trails
- Granite Loop Trail on 3/13 from South Trailhead:
Buds: California peony.
Beginning: (none).
Full: (none)
Ending: white-flowered currant.
Ended: (none).- Vernal Pool Trail on 3/13 from VP Trailhead:
Buds: smooth cat's ear.
Beginning: deerweed (1, on road), short popcorn flower, muilla (1), Mediterranean mustard, johnny-jump-up, sharp-toothed sanicle, woolly marbles, Vernal Pool popcorn flower, blue dicks, purple sanicle, California bur clover, miner's lettuce, blue-eyed grass, common bedstraw, Eastwood manzanita.
Full: goldfields, ground pink, filaree, common lomatium, red maids, California poppy, California buttercup, two-tone everlasting, sticky cinquefoil, chocolate lily.
Ending: shooting stars, yellow carpet (blennosperma), white-flowered currant.
Ended: wild cucumber, toyon (red berries), wand chicory.Trails Observed Infrequently
- Adobe Loop Trail on 1/18 from Lomas Trail:
Beginning: (none).
Full: a single California everlasting.
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).- Fenceline Trail on 2/11 from Hidden Valley Parking Lot:
Beginning: (none).
Full: wild cucumber.
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).- S. Los Santos Trail on 3/13 from VP Trail:
Beginning: miner's lettuce, wild sorrel.
Full: pepper grass, spoked fringe pod, California buttercup, two-tone everlasting.
Ending: white-flowered currant, wild cucumber.
Ended: wand chicory, milk maids.- Punta Mesa Trail on 1/18 from Adobe Loop Trail:
Beginning: (none).
Full: mission manzanita (this year's flowers and last year's brown berries).
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).- Plantings at the Adobes on 3/13:
Beginning: goldentop (1), pineapple weed (1), white-stem filaree, Mediterranean mustard.
Full: redberry (1).
Ending: (none).
Ended: manzanita.- S. Trans Preserve Trail on 3/4 from Ranch Road:
Buds: chocolate lily.
Beginning: checkerbloom (1), miner's lettuce, bowlesia, climbing bedstraw (1), johnny-jump-up(1).
Full: milk maids.
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).20 March - 10 April observations: 20 and 23 March; 3 and 10 April on Vernal Pool, S. Lomas, S. Trans Preserve, Adobe Loop, Punta Mesa (only a short section near the Adobe Loop Trail) and Granite Loop Trails; Ranch Road.
Despite the almost complete absence of rainfall, somehow, someway, some members of each species seem able to produce at least some blooms. However, the total number of blooms is way down this year, and the length of time each species is in bloom is much decreased. As a result, the showiness of the bloom is only about one-third that of last year. We are near the end of the peak bloom.
New species beginning their show recently (dates are when I first observed them; (1) means only a single plant was in bloom):
- 10 April: sand spurrey, windmill pink (1), bishop's lotus (2, on Via Volcano), silver puffs, Chinese houses, baby blue eyes, Crete weed.
- 3 April: purple owl's clover, smooth cat's ear, cottonweed, winter vetch, sow thistle, hedge mustard, California peony, prickly pear (1, on Los Santos Trail), fiddleneck, common groundsel, fiesta flower, Howell's foxtail, dwarf lupine (on trail)
- 23 March: shepherd's purse, San Diego pea (1), common lomatium (seeds)
- 20 March: dwarf lupine (1, on road), bush lupine (1), sugar bush, purple nightshade, Pacific sanicle, locoweed, black sage, squaw bush, California sweet cicely
There are currently 8 species not yet at full show, 39 species in full show, 11 species ending their show, and 18 species that are finished with their display this year.
List of plants in bloom or displaying colorful seeds, fruit or leaves, with date of latest observation for a given trail (within each bloom status, plants are in rough order along the trail, except for the overall summary):
Best-guess overall summary on 4/10 (~alphabetically):
Buds: California everlasting, wild honeysuckle, red-skinned onion.
Beginning: curly dock, dwarf lupine, locoweed, common lomatium (seeds), Mediterranean mustard, purple needlegrass, silver puffs, windmill pink (1).
Full: blue dicks, blue-eyed grass, bowlesia, California bur clover, California buttercup, checkerbloom, Crete weed, cottonweed, deerweed (2, on road), two-tone everlasting (dried flowers), fiesta flower, Howell's foxtail, goldentop, common groundsel, bishop's lotus (2, on Via Volcano), bush lupine, mission manzanita (last year's brown berries), morning glory, muilla, hedge mustard, purple nightshade, purple owl's clover, pepper grass, pineapple weed, rusty-haired popcorn flower, California poppy, prickly pear (1, on Los Santos Trail), black sage, sand spurrey, purple sanicle, Pacific sanicle, sharp-toothed sanicle, shepherd's purse (blooms), smooth cat's ear, sow thistle, spoked fringe pod, squaw bush, sugar bush, winter vetch, woolly marbles.
Ending: common bedstraw, chocolate lily, fiddleneck, short-fruited filaree, white-stem filaree, goldfields, johnny-jump-up, common lomatium (flowers), miner's lettuce, vernal pool popcorn flower, California sweet cicely.
Ended: climbing bedstraw, hoaryleaf ceanothus, wild cucumber, white-flowered currant, two-tone everlasting (flowers), ground pink, Eastwood manzanita, mission manzanita (this year's flowers), milk maids, California peony, redberry (1), red maids, poison oak, San Diego pea (1), shooting stars, wild sorrel (1), sticky cinquefoil (1), yellow carpet (blennosperma).Frequently-Observed Trails
- Granite Loop Trail on 4/10 from South Trailhead:
Buds: .
Beginning: bush monkeyflower (1 blossom), checkerbloom, Chinese houses (2 pitiful blossoms), locoweed.
Full: baby blue eyes (5 pathetic blossoms), common bedstraw, blue dicks, cryptantha, spoked fringe pod, goldfields, pineapple weed, squaw bush.
Ending: filaree, johnny-jump-up.
Ended: white-flowered currant, California peony.- Vernal Pool Trail on 4/10 from VP Trailhead:
Buds: California everlasting, wild honeysuckle, red-skinned onion.
Beginning: Mediterranean mustard, common lomatium (seeds), dwarf lupine.
Full: deerweed (2, on road), bishop's lotus (2, on road), Crete weed, blue dicks, smooth cat's ear, rusty-haired popcorn flower, muilla, woolly marbles, purple sanicle, common lomatium (flowers), California poppy, winter vetch, California buttercup, California bur clover, Howell's foxtail, bush lupine (1), pepper grass, silver puffs, blue-eyed grass, sugar bush, black sage.
Ending: short-fruited filaree, goldfields, ground pink, sharp-toothed sanicle, vernal pool popcorn flower, two-tone everlasting, chocolate lily.
Ended: red maids, purple owl's clover, johnny-jump-up, shooting stars, yellow carpet (blennosperma), wand chicory, white-flowered currant, wild cucumber, Eastwood manzanita, San Diego pea, common bedstraw, miner's lettuce, toyon (red berries), sticky cinquefoil.
See also Plant List with Latin Names for 3/20/02 plants blooming on the trail or along Via Volcano near the trailhead.Trails Observed Infrequently
- Adobe Loop Trail on 3/20 from Ranch Road:
Beginning: Pacific sanicle, miner's lettuce, squaw bush, johnny-jump-up, common bedstraw, California sweet cicely, California poppy.
Full: peppergrass, purple nightshade, California buttercup.
Ending: shooting stars, wild cucumber.
Ended: (none).- Fenceline Trail on 2/11 from Hidden Valley Parking Lot:
Beginning: (none).
Full: wild cucumber.
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).- S. Los Santos Trail on 4/10 from VP Trail:
Buds: California everlasting, shortpod mustard.
Beginning: checker mallow, dwarf lupine, California burclover.
Full: red brome, johnny-jump-up, sharp-toothed sanicle, blue dicks, pepper grass, spoked fringe pod, California buttercup, blue-eyed grass, cottonweed, sow thistle, rusty-haired popcorn flower, purple sanicle, winter vetch, hedge mustard, prickly pear (1), bush lupine, morning glory.
Ending: short-fruited filaree.
Ended: white-flowered currant, wild cucumber, wand chicory, milk maids, wild sorrel, miner's lettuce, two-tone everlasting, common bedstraw.- Punta Mesa Trail (partial) on 3/20 from Adobe Loop Trail:
Beginning: locoweed, black sage, squaw bush.
Full: rusty-haired popcorn flower, mission manzanita (last year's brown berries).
Ending: white-flowered currant.
Ended: hoaryleaf ceanothus (all buds blasted!), mission manzanita (this year's flowers).- Plantings at the Adobes on 3/23:
Beginning: goldentop (1), pineapple weed, white-stem filaree, Mediterranean mustard.
Full: redberry (1).
Ending: (none).
Ended: manzanita.- S. Trans Preserve Trail on 4/3 from Ranch Road:
Buds: cinquefoil.
Beginning: winter vetch, fiesta flower, checkerbloom (1), shepherd's purse (flowers), sharp-toothed sanicle, hedge mustard.
Full: California buttercup, bowlesia, common bedstraw, spoked fringe pod, blue dicks, Pacific sanicle, johnny-jump-up.
Ending: chocolate lily, climbing bedstraw (1), California sweet cicely, miner's lettuce.
Ended: milk maids, poison oak.17 April - 5 May observations: 17 and 28 April, 5 May on Vernal Pool, S. Trans Preserve, Adobe Loop, Vista Grande (only the section from the Granite Loop Trail to Cole Creek) and Granite Loop Trails; Ranch Road.
Despite the almost complete absence of rainfall, somehow, someway, some members of each species seem able to produce at least some blooms. However, the total number of blooms is way down this year, and the length of time each species is in bloom is much decreased. As a result, the showiness of the bloom is only about one-third that of last year. Peak bloom ended in late April, but the largest number of species is in bloom now.
New species beginning their show recently (dates are when I first observed them; (1) means only a single plant was in bloom):
- 5 May: slender tarweed, splendid Mariposa lily, horehound, cutleaf geranium, tree clover.
- 28 April: golden yarrow, leafy daisy, sourclover, angel's gilia, poison oak (red leaves!), Engelmann oak
- 17 April: wild honeysuckle, narrowleaf bedstraw, thread-leaved brodiaea, winecup clarkia, red-skinned onion, California everlasting, slender madia, eucrypta, redstem filaree, brown microseris, small-flowered melica, narrowleaf filago, coast live oak.
There are currently 7 species not yet at full show, 22 species in full show, 36 species ending their show, and 43 species that are finished with their display this year.
List of plants in bloom or displaying colorful seeds, fruit or leaves, with date of latest observation for a given trail (within each bloom status, plants are in rough order along the trail, except for the overall summary):
Best-guess overall summary on 5/5 (~alphabetically):
Buds: wild sweet pea (Adobe Loop Trail).Beginning: California everlasting, leafy daisy, Mediterranean mustard, poison oak (red leaves), slender tarweed, golden yarrow, watercress.
Full: angel's gilia, thread-leaved brodiaea, winecup clarkia, checkerbloom, tree clover, curly dock, cutleaf geranium, deerweed (2, on road), two-tone everlasting (dried flowers), narrowleaf filago, horehound, common lomatium (seeds), mission manzanita (last year's brown berries), splendid Mariposa lily, small-flowered melica, morning glory, purple needlegrass, pepper grass, prickly pear (1, on Los Santos Trail), sourclover, spoked fringe pod, windmill pink.
Ending: common bedstraw, blue dicks, blue-eyed grass, California bur clover, California buttercup, coast live oak, Chinese houses, cottonweed, Crete weed, Engelmann oak, eucrypta, fiesta flower, redstem filaree, short-fruited filaree, white-stem filaree, Howell's foxtail, goldentop, hollyleaf redberry, wild honeysuckle, common lomatium (flowers), bush lupine, dwarf lupine, hedge mustard, purple owl's clover (on Via Volcano), pineapple weed, California poppy, rusty-haired popcorn flower, tall popcorn flower, black sage, sand spurrey, silver puffs, smooth cat's ear, sow thistle, squaw bush, sugar bush, winter vetch.
Ended: baby blue eyes, climbing bedstraw, narrowleaf bedstraw, bowlesia, hoaryleaf ceanothus, chocolate lily, wild cucumber, white-flowered currant, two-tone everlasting (flowers), fiddleneck, goldfields, common groundsel, ground pink, johnny-jump-up, locoweed, bishop's lotus (2, on Via Volcano), slender madia, Eastwood manzanita, mission manzanita (this year's flowers), milk maids, miner's lettuce, bush monkeyflower, muilla, purple nightshade, scrub oak, red-skinned onion, California peony, California plantain, vernal pool popcorn flower, redberry (1), red maids, poison oak, San Diego pea (1, on VP Trail), purple sanicle, Pacific sanicle, sharp-toothed sanicle, shepherd's purse, shooting stars, wild sorrel (1), sticky cinquefoil, California sweet cicely, woolly marbles, yellow carpet (blennosperma).
Frequently-Observed Trails
- Granite Loop Trail on 4/26 from South Trailhead:
Buds: .
Beginning: golden yarrow, leafy daisy, Mediterranean mustard, squaw bush, windmill pink, angel's gilia.
Full: narrowleaf filago, Chinese houses (a pretty good display!).
Ending: common bedstraw, pineapple weed, purple nightshade, checkerbloom.
Ended: baby blue eyes, blue dicks, cryptantha, white-flowered currant, short-fruited filaree, spoked fringe pod, goldfields, johnny-jump-up, locoweed, bush monkeyflower, California peony.- Vernal Pool Trail on 5/5 from VP Trailhead:
Buds: (none).
Beginning: Mediterranean mustard, California everlasting, slender tarweed, golden yarrow.
Full: deerweed (2, on road), common lomatium (seeds), thread-leaved brodiaea, winecup clarkia, small-flowered melica.
Ending: Crete weed, short-fruited filaree, smooth cat's ear, rusty-haired popcorn flower, silver puffs, redstem filaree, common lomatium (flowers), dwarf lupine, California poppy, tall popcorn flower, blue dicks, vernal pool popcorn flower, winter vetch, California buttercup, California bur clover, Howell's foxtail, two-tone everlasting, bush lupine, sugar bush, blue-eyed grass, black sage.
Ended: bishop's lotus (2, on road), red maids, muilla, chocolate lily, goldfields, ground pink, purple sanicle, sharp-toothed sanicle, purple owl's clover, johnny-jump-up, shooting stars, yellow carpet (blennosperma), wand chicory, pepper grass, white-flowered currant, wild cucumber, Eastwood manzanita, San Diego pea, common bedstraw, miner's lettuce, wild honeysuckle, toyon (red berries), sticky cinquefoil, woolly marbles, narrowleaf bedstraw, red-skinned onion.Trails Observed Infrequently
- Adobe Loop Trail on 5/5 from Ranch Road:
Beginning: Mediterranean mustard, California everlasting, golden yarrow, deerweed, cutleaf geranium, watercress.
Full: curly dock, small-flowered melica, narrowleaf bedstraw, checkerbloom, winecup clarkia, narrowleaf filago, tree clover.
Ending: blue-eyed grass, cottonweed, silver puffs, hedge parsley, smooth cat's ear, pineapple weed, hedge mustard, blue dicks, Pacific sanicle, California poppy, poison oak.
Ended: common bedstraw, California buttercup, California sweet cicely, Chinese houses, sticky cinquefoil, wild cucumber, johnny-jump-up, squaw bush, hollyleaf redberry, dwarf lupine, slender madia, miner's lettuce, bush monkeyflower, purple nightshade, peppergrass, coast live oak, scrub oak, purple sanicle, shooting stars.- Fenceline Trail on 2/11 from Hidden Valley Parking Lot:
Beginning: (none).
Full: wild cucumber.
Ending: (none).
Ended: (none).- S. Los Santos Trail on 4/10 from VP Trail:
Buds: California everlasting, shortpod mustard.
Beginning: checker mallow, dwarf lupine, California burclover.
Full: red brome, johnny-jump-up, sharp-toothed sanicle, blue dicks, pepper grass, spoked fringe pod, California buttercup, blue-eyed grass, cottonweed, sow thistle, rusty-haired popcorn flower, purple sanicle, winter vetch, hedge mustard, prickly pear (1), bush lupine, morning glory.
Ending: short-fruited filaree.
Ended: white-flowered currant, wild cucumber, wand chicory, milk maids, wild sorrel, miner's lettuce, two-tone everlasting, common bedstraw.- Punta Mesa Trail (partial) on 3/20 from Adobe Loop Trail:
Beginning: locoweed, black sage, squaw bush.
Full: rusty-haired popcorn flower, mission manzanita (last year's brown berries).
Ending: white-flowered currant.
Ended: hoaryleaf ceanothus (all buds blasted!), mission manzanita (this year's flowers).- Plantings at the Adobes on 3/23:
Beginning: goldentop (1), pineapple weed, white-stem filaree, Mediterranean mustard.
Full: redberry (1).
Ending: (none).
Ended: manzanita.- S. Trans Preserve Trail on 5/5 from Ranch Road:
Buds: California everlasting.
Beginning: Mediterranean mustard, checkerbloom, hedge mustard, poison oak (red leaves).
Full: silver puffs, winecup clarkia, spoked fringe pod, dwarf lupine.
Ending: winter vetch, fiesta flower, blue-eyed grass, eucrypta, California buttercup.
Ended: climbing bedstraw, common bedstraw, blue dicks, bowlesia, California sweet cicely, chocolate lily, cinquefoil, johnny-jump-up, milk maids, miner's lettuce, poison oak (flowers), shepherd's purse, sharp-toothed sanicle, spoked fringe pod, Pacific sanicle.10-27 May observations: 10, 19 and 27 May on Vernal Pool, S. Trans Preserve, Punta Mesa, Vista Grande (only the section from the Granite Loop Trail to Cole Creek) and Granite Loop Trails; Monument Hill and Ranch Roads.
Despite the almost complete absence of useful rainfall, somehow, someway, some members of most species have been able to produce at least some blooms. However, about 20% of all species essentially skipped their bloom this year, the total number of blooms is way down, and the length of time each species is in bloom is much decreased. As a result, the showiness of the bloom is much less than that of last year.
Peak bloom ended in late April. In many places, only the plant remnants from last year exist, and thus it looks like late summer already. See The 2002 Plant Display Vs. Time for the progress of the bloom so far in 2002, and a comparison with the 2001 bloom.
New species beginning their show recently (dates are when I first observed them; (1) means only a single plant was in bloom):
- 27 May: flax-flowered linanthus, California thistle (1), coyote gourd.
- 19 May: three spot (1), yellow pincushion flower, white-whorled lupine, prickly pear.
- 10 May: earth brodiaea, lanceleaf dudleya, California buckwheat, elderberry, white everlasting, rattlesnake weed (Chamaesyce), hollyleaf skunkweed, scarlet pimpernel, prickly cryptantha, English plantain, mule fat.
There are currently 0 species not yet at full show, 20 species in full show, 31 species ending their show, and 72 species that are finished with their display this year. Of these, 10 species had fewer than 1% of their normal blooms; an additional 11 species did not bloom at all this year.
List of plants in bloom or displaying colorful seeds, fruit or leaves, with date of latest observation for a given trail (within each bloom status, plants are in rough order along the trail, except for the overall summary):
Best-guess overall summary on 5/27 (~alphabetically):
Beginning: (none).
Full: earth brodiaea, California buckwheat, coyote gourd, lanceleaf dudleya, leafy daisy, elderberry, California everlasting, two-tone everlasting (dried flowers), white everlasting, flax-flowered linanthus, white-whorled lupine, mission manzanita (last year's brown berries), southern California morning-glory, mule fat, Mediterranean mustard, poison oak (red leaves), prickly pear, rattlesnake weed (Chamaesyce), slender tarweed, watercress.
Ending: thread-leaved brodiaea, California bur clover, Crete weed, prickly cryptantha, curly dock, deerweed, eucrypta, fiesta flower, narrowleaf filago, redstem filaree, short-fruited filaree, white-stem filaree, cutleaf geranium, goldentop, horehound, small-flowered melica, hedge mustard, purple needlegrass, scarlet pimpernel, yellow pincushion flower, English plantain, California poppy, hollyleaf skunkweed, smooth cat's ear, sourclover, California thistle (1), sow thistle, three spot (1), spoked fringe pod, golden yarrow, windmill pink.
Ended: baby blue eyes, climbing bedstraw, common bedstraw, narrowleaf bedstraw, blue dicks, blue-eyed grass, bowlesia, California buttercup, hoaryleaf ceanothus, checkerbloom, Chinese houses, chocolate lily, winecup clarkia, tree clover, cottonweed, wild cucumber, white-flowered currant, two-tone everlasting (flowers), fiddleneck, Howell's foxtail, angel's gilia, goldfields, common groundsel, pineapple weed, ground pink, wild honeysuckle, johnny-jump-up, locoweed, common lomatium (flowers and seeds), bishop's lotus (2, on Via Volcano), bush lupine, dwarf lupine, slender madia, Eastwood manzanita, mission manzanita (this year's flowers), splendid Mariposa lily, milk maids, miner's lettuce, bush monkeyflower, muilla, purple nightshade, coast live oak, Engelmann oak, scrub oak, red-skinned onion, purple owl's clover (on Via Volcano), pepper grass, California peony, California plantain, rusty-haired popcorn flower, tall popcorn flower, vernal pool popcorn flower, redberry (1), hollyleaf redberry, red maids, poison oak, black sage, San Diego pea (1, on VP Trail), sand spurrey, silver puffs, purple sanicle, Pacific sanicle, sharp-toothed sanicle, shepherd's purse, shooting stars, wild sorrel (1), squaw bush, sticky cinquefoil, sugar bush, California sweet cicely, winter vetch, woolly marbles, yellow carpet (blennosperma).
Species that didn't bloom this year: most baby blue eyes, most climbing bedstraw, brass buttons, most hoaryleaf ceanothus, balloon clover, downingia, most wild honeysuckle, fairy lantern, blue larkspur, most owl's clover, most California peony, branching phacelia, common phacelia, most redberry, most hollyleaf redberry, spike rush, three-spot (only 1!), blue toadflax, toyon, most wild sweet peas, water crowfoot. ("most" means that fewer than 1% of the plants bloomed this year.)
Frequently-Observed Trails
- Granite Loop Trail on 5/19 from South Trailhead:
Buds: (none).
Beginning: three spot, yellow pincushion flower.
Full: golden yarrow, leafy daisy, Mediterranean mustard, narrowleaf filago.
Ending: windmill pink.
Ended: baby blue eyes, common bedstraw, blue dicks, checkerbloom, cryptantha, white-flowered currant, short-fruited filaree, spoked fringe pod, angel's gilia, goldfields, Chinese houses, johnny-jump-up, locoweed, bush monkeyflower, California peony, pineapple weed, purple nightshade, squaw bush.- Vernal Pool Trail on 5/27 from VP Trailhead:
Buds: (none).
Beginning: lanceleaf dudleya.
Full: Mediterranean mustard, earth brodiaea, southern California morning-glory, Spanish clover, slender tarweed, prickly pear, California everlasting, two-tone everlasting (dried flowers).
Ending: thread-leaved brodiaea, deerweed (2, on road), Crete weed, short-fruited filaree, smooth cat's ear, redstem filaree, common lomatium (seeds), California poppy, goldentop.
Ended: blue dicks, bishop's lotus (2, on road), red maids, winecup clarkia, muilla, two-tone everlasting (flowers), chocolate lily, Howell's foxtail, goldfields, ground pink, silver puffs, purple sanicle, sharp-toothed sanicle, purple owl's clover, rusty-haired popcorn flower, johnny-jump-up, shooting stars, vernal pool popcorn flower, winter vetch, yellow carpet (blennosperma), wand chicory, pepper grass, white-flowered currant, wild cucumber, common lomatium (flowers), dwarf lupine, small-flowered melica, Eastwood manzanita, San Diego pea, common bedstraw, miner's lettuce, wild honeysuckle, toyon (red berries), sticky cinquefoil, woolly marbles, narrowleaf bedstraw, red-skinned onion, golden yarrow, blue-eyed grass, black sage, tall popcorn flower, California buttercup, California bur clover, bush lupine, sugar bush.Trails Observed Infrequently
- Adobe Loop Trail on 5/5 from Ranch Road:
Beginning: Mediterranean mustard, California everlasting, golden yarrow, deerweed, cutleaf geranium, watercress.
Full: curly dock, small-flowered melica, narrowleaf bedstraw, checkerbloom, winecup clarkia, narrowleaf filago, tree clover.
Ending: blue-eyed grass, cottonweed, silver puffs, hedge parsley, smooth cat's ear, pineapple weed, hedge mustard, blue dicks, Pacific sanicle, California poppy, poison oak.
Ended: common bedstraw, California buttercup, California sweet cicely, Chinese houses, sticky cinquefoil, wild cucumber, johnny-jump-up, squaw bush, hollyleaf redberry, dwarf lupine, slender madia, miner's lettuce, bush monkeyflower, purple nightshade, peppergrass, coast live oak, scrub oak, purple sanicle, shooting stars.- S. Trans Preserve Trail on 5/10 from Ranch Road:
Buds: (none(.
Beginning: Mediterranean mustard, poison oak (red leaves).
Full: California everlasting, silver puffs, winecup clarkia, checkerbloom, hedge mustard.
Ending: fiesta flower, blue-eyed grass, blue dicks, eucrypta, California buttercup, spoked fringe pod.
Ended: climbing bedstraw, common bedstraw, bowlesia, California sweet cicely, chocolate lily, cinquefoil, johnny-jump-up, dwarf lupine, milk maids, miner's lettuce, poison oak (flowers), shepherd's purse, sharp-toothed sanicle, spoked fringe pod, Pacific sanicle, winter vetch.
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