Monday, October 18, 2021 Pumpkin Gall Wasp Dryocosmus minusculus Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp Callirhytis perdens Cotoneasters Genus Cotoneaster (non-native) California Poppy Eschscholzia californica Condominium Spider Web Scots Broom Cytisus scoparius (non-native) Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla Cramp Balls Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum Dog Pelt Lichen Peltigera canina California Spikenard Aralia californica California Spikenard Aralia californica on Bay leaf Giant Chain Fern Woodwardia fimbriata Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens (endangered, endemic to US) Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens American Black Nightshade Solanum americanum Western Star Flower Lysimachia latifolia Arizona Beard Lichen Usnea intermedia Hooker’s Fairybells Prosartes hookeri Milkwort – Genus Rhinotropis California Torreya Torreya californica (endemic to CA) Pink Honeysuckle Lonicera hispidula Brittle Bladderfern Cystopteris fragilis Fragile Ferns Genus Cystopteris Redwood Sorrel Oxalis oregana American Trailplant Adenocaulon bicolor California Bay Umbellularia californica Waved Silk-Moss Plagiothecium undulatum Pacific Trillium Trillium ovatum Tube Lichens Genus Hypogymnia Genus Atrichum – Selwyn’s Smoothcap Moss Atrichum selwynii? Rose hips Solomon’s Plume Maianthemum racemosum Redwood Violet Viola sempervirens Andrews’ Clintonia Clintonia andrewsiana Fairybells Western Sword Fern Polystichum munitum Apothesia on tube lichen Goldback Fern Pentagramma triangularis Gilled Polypore Trametes betulina Gilled Polypore Trametes betulina Gilled Polypore Trametes betulina 1.7 miles hiked so far – Mountain Home to Muir Woods Giant Chain Fern Woodwardia fimbriata Western Coltsfoot Western Sword Fern Lady Fern Western Wild Ginger Asarum caudatum Banana Slugs Genus Ariolimax Five-finger fern – Western Maidenhair Fern Adiantum aleuticum California Polypody Polypodium californicum Rushes Genus Juncus Coastal Woodfern Dryopteris arguta Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Albino Redwood Albino Redwood Turkey Tail Huckleberry Huckleberry Andrews’ Clintonia Clintonia andrewsiana Orange Bush Monkeyflower Diplacus aurantiacus Redwood sorrel in the sunshine Solomon’s Plume Maianthemum racemosum Railroad tie Ocean Spray Reference point to look for lady beetles on other side of the trail Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Cudweed Orange Bush Monkeyflower Diplacus aurantiacus False Bindweeds Genus Calystegia Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum 150′ to the parking lot
