Monday, April 26, 2021

White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
California Goldfields Lasthenia californica
Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana
Flaxes Genus Linum (non-native)
Bird’s-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus (non-native)
Buttercups Genus Ranunculus
Western Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum
Common Cowparsnip Heracleum maximum
Narrowleaf Mule-Ears Wyethia angustifolia
Narrowleaf Mule-Ears Wyethia angustifolia
Beach Strawberry Fragaria chiloensis
Field Chickweed Cerastium arvense
Henderson’s Angelica Angelica hendersonii
Celery Leaved Lovage
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Blueblossom Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
Tolmie’s Pussy Ears Calochortus tolmiei
Checkerblooms Genus Sidalcea
Checkerblooms Genus Sidalcea
Pacific Pea Lathyrus vestitus
Common Cowparsnip Heracleum maximum
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
molting
Common Loon
Chickweed
Shepherd’s-Needle Scandix pecten-veneris (non-native)
Sky Lupine
Sky Lupine
Pelican Flower (Rosy Butter and Eggs)
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
ERRORS IN SIGN AT TRAILHEAD – Corrections from Wendy 
The photo labeled Phacelia malvifolia  is Phacelia distans  https://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?namesoup=PHACELIA+DISTANS&countylist=any&plantcomm=any&format=photos&orderby=taxon
The photo labeled Calystegia soldanella is Calystegia purpurata ssp Saxicola.  C.soldanella has rounded, almost heart-shaped leaves, C. purpurata more arrowshaped  https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=1372
Sidalcea  calycosa ssp rhizomata  is a rare species of Checkerbloom that grows in marshes – of which there aren’t any wet enough on Chimney Rock Peninsula. It’s Sidalcea malviflora ssp. malviflora that is pictured.  
What is labeled Triphysaria eriantha is T. floribunda  
What is labeled Lupinus nanus is Lupinus variicolor   Note: L variicolor is not woody, can be yellow or purple and white. L. nanus is not shrub   L. arboreus, Yellow Bush Lupine, is also at Chimney Rock
Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensis
Hookedspur Violet Viola adunca
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica
Hedge Nettles
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Wight’s Paintbrush Castilleja wightii
Wight’s Paintbrush Castilleja wightii
Tidy Tips Layia platyglossa
San Francisco Owl’s-Clover Triphysaria floribunda (endemic in CA; Conservation Status: 1B.2 in California, US (CNPS)
California Native Plant Society, California Rare Plant Rank 1B.2: Plants Rare, Threatened, or Endangered in California and Elsewhere – Fairly threatened in California)
San Francisco Owl’s-Clover Triphysaria floribunda
Coastal Wallflower
Coastal Wallflower
California Phacelia Phacelia californica
Goldfields and San Francisco Clover
Coast Buckwheat
(very old) Footsteps of Spring
Botta’s Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae
Botta’s Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae
Botta’s Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae
Larkspurs Genus Delphinium
Larkspurs Genus Delphinium
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow Bush Lupine
Sea Thrift Armeria maritima
Trailing Blackberry Rubus ursinus
Broad-leaved Stonecrop Sedum spathulifolium
Coast Rockcress Arabis blepharophylla (endemic in California)
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Stinging Phacelia Phacelia malvifolia
Cow clover – Springbank Clover Trifolium wormskioldii
Seaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus
Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria, Baby-Blue-Eyes (Baby White Eyes)
Creeping Blueblossom Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens