A small group of AHG WWers-- Rich, David, Kim, Mary and I -- traveled to the Enchanted Forest trail in northern Applegate valley on the lookout for spring wildflowers. This location makes up for its relatively limited acerage with four small but distinct habitats: pine forest, meadow, oak woodland and riparian, each with its own set of wildflower offerings. Believe it or not we identified over 40 species of flowering plants, shrubs and trees. Top two were the expected Giant White trillium/wakerobin and the adorably shy Naked broomrape.
In the pine forest,Indian warriors were still blooming away, along with Henderson's shooting star, Woodland strawberry, Miner's lettuce, Oregon white oak and Pacific madrone. The meadows were full of the tiny Pacific/Slender popcorn flower, True baby star, and Carrot-leaf/Sierra horkelia along with White Paintbrush/owls clover, Purple boot-button sanicle, Bicolor/miniature lupine, Barestem lomatium, Sticky tarweed/Maddea, and Buckbrush ceanothus.
The oak woodland yielded Upland Larkspur, Western buttercup, Death camus, Hooker's Indian pink, Halls desert parsley/biscuitroot, Rosy plectritus, Sierra/Northern yellow sanicle, Tolmie's Pussy-ears/Mariposa lily, Blue dick, Prairie violet, Bedstraw/Cleavers, Woodland star and the adorable Naked broomrape. Not to be outshone, the riparian corridor gave us Pacific Bleeding heart, Goldstar, Fendler's waterleaf, Fringe cups, Rogue river milk vetch, Common whipplea, Checker lily/Mission bell, Dove's-foot geranium, Hooker's fairy bell, and- star of the show- Giant white trillium/wakerobin.
Back at the cars, Kim and Mary headed off for some wine tasting while David, Rich and I headed back, satisfied with the morning's hard work. Just a few photos, but remember you can always look up the flowers on the AHG Flower Reference page.
Respectfully submitted, Your Flower Floozy Liz
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