Sister species everywhere!

Today, during the break in the rain, I got my wife to drop me and my daughter off at the back-side of Muir woods with a pick up scheduled at the main entrance while she ran some errands. My main target was Brackenridgia heroldi, my boogie woodlouse. Good news is I found it, bad news is... well I don't want to talk about it.. Was beautiful and moist with wonderful waterfalls and lots of Trichodezia californiata were flying everywhere.

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A funny thing about the hike was I saw a lot of pairs of plant species (e.g. two different species in the same genus) which was kind of fun. For example, I found the rarer largeflower fairybells (Prosartes smithii) touching the more common drops-of-gold (Prosartes hookeri)


largeflower fairybells (Prosartes smithii)

drops-of-gold (Prosartes hookeri) with the exerted flower parts

I also saw a Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus) touching blueblossom (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).

Not touching one another, but I did see a patch of California barberry (Berberis pinnata) at the beginning of the hike up in the mountains and a
Cascade Oregon-grape (Berberis nervosa) near the end deep in the moist redwoods.

Likewise, I saw blooming False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum) near the beginning of the hike and Star-flowered Lily-of-the-valley (Maianthemum stellatum) near the end..

And lastly, Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) with their stalked flowers were everywhere, but at the end of the hike where it felt alot more coastal I saw one Giant Wakerobin (Trillium chloropetalum) with its sessile flowers.

Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) flowers are on a stalk

Giant Wakerobin (Trillium chloropetalum) with sessile flowers

Posted on March 7, 2016 03:50 AM by loarie loarie

Observations

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Warrior's Plume (Pedicularis densiflora)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:18 PM PST

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Eastwood's Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:19 PM PST

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California Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:19 PM PST

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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:19 PM PST

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Glossyleaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos sensitiva)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:20 PM PST

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Fremont's Death Camas (Toxicoscordion fremontii)

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loarie

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March 6, 2016 12:21 PM PST

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Cobralilies (Genus Chasmanthe)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:21 PM PST

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Coastal Manroot (Marah oregana)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:22 PM PST

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Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:23 PM PST

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Kōhūhū (Pittosporum tenuifolium)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:23 PM PST

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Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:24 PM PST

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Greater Periwinkle (Vinca major)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:24 PM PST

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Daffodils (Genus Narcissus)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:25 PM PST

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White Ramping-Fumitory (Fumaria capreolata)

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loarie

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March 6, 2016 12:26 PM PST

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Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:26 PM PST

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French Broom (Genista monspessulana)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:28 PM PST

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California Barberry (Berberis pinnata)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:30 PM PST

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Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:31 PM PST

Description

two species of ceanothus touching one another. Here's the other

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Blueblossom (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:31 PM PST

Description

touching this one

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Broadleaf Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis latifolia)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:33 PM PST

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Milkmaids (Cardamine californica)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:34 PM PST

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Pacific Hound's Tongue (Adelinia grandis)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:35 PM PST

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Solomon's Plume (Maianthemum racemosum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:36 PM PST

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Pacific Trillium (Trillium ovatum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:38 PM PST

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Solomon's Plume (Maianthemum racemosum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:40 PM PST

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Solomon's Plume (Maianthemum racemosum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:47 PM PST

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Hooker's Fairybells (Prosartes hookeri)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:48 PM PST

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Kellogg's Umbrellawort (Tauschia kelloggii)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:50 PM PST

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Pacific Trillium (Trillium ovatum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:52 PM PST

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California Sweet Grass (Anthoxanthum occidentale)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:52 PM PST

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Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:54 PM PST

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Giant Chain Fern (Woodwardia fimbriata)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:59 PM PST

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Western Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum aleuticum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 12:59 PM PST

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Redwood Violet (Viola sempervirens)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:00 PM PST

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Gray's Anemone (Anemonoides grayi)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:00 PM PST

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Gray's Anemone (Anemonoides grayi)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:02 PM PST

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California Fetid Adderstongue (Scoliopus bigelovii)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:03 PM PST

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Andrews' Clintonia (Clintonia andrewsiana)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:05 PM PST

Description

Almost blooming

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American Trailplant (Adenocaulon bicolor)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:16 PM PST

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Yellow-spotted Millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:20 PM PST

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:23 PM PST

Description

Ugh this is too frustrating. This has been my bogie animal all year. And I finally found it. I was so worried I was going to loose it before I could take a photo of it that I immediately put it in a container and got this one bad photo through the container wall (forcing myself not to open the container lest I loose it). When I opened the container in a safe spot to take better photos, he was accidentally crushed by the humus. Argh!! Third photo is where I found it, under a rock in loose humus

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Great Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:29 PM PST

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California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:31 PM PST

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Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 02:04 PM PST

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Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 02:04 PM PST

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Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 02:17 PM PST

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Cascade Oregon-Grape (Berberis nervosa)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 02:25 PM PST

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Arctic Butterbur (Petasites frigidus)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 02:56 PM PST

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Largeflower Fairybells (Prosartes smithii)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:04 PM PST

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Hooker's Fairybells (Prosartes hookeri)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:04 PM PST

Description

This one was touching P. smithii (second photo)

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Great Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:15 PM PST

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Star-flowered Lily-of-the-Valley (Maianthemum stellatum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:19 PM PST

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Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:20 PM PST

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Nightshades (Genus Solanum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:21 PM PST

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Annual Honesty (Lunaria annua)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:21 PM PST

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Giant Wakerobin (Trillium chloropetalum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:22 PM PST

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Pacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:22 PM PST

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Common Cowparsnip (Heracleum maximum)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:24 PM PST

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Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:24 PM PST

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Mountain Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza berteroi)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:25 PM PST

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Caper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:35 PM PST

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Quince (Cydonia oblonga)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:35 PM PST

Description

maybe an old abandoned orchard tree? Nice bloom

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Western White Clematis (Clematis ligusticifolia)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:36 PM PST

Description

last years dead growth climbing on apple trees along the creek

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Nightshades (Genus Solanum)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:40 PM PST

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Twinberry Honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:42 PM PST

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Red Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:45 PM PST

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:31 PM UTC

Place

muir woods (Google, OSM)

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 01:56 PM UTC

Place

muir woods (Google, OSM)

Description

these were everywhere

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loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 02:04 PM UTC

Place

muir woods (Google, OSM)

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Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 02:58 PM UTC

Place

muir woods (Google, OSM)

Description

are these your flies @kueda?

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Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 02:33 PM UTC

Place

muir woods (Google, OSM)

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What

Red-cross Shield Bug (Elasmostethus cruciatus)

Observer

loarie

Date

March 6, 2016 03:14 PM UTC

Place

muir woods (Google, OSM)

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