With high hopes we headed up to the CSN Mariposa Preserve off Old Hwy 99. Good news - Us six sharp-eyed WWers found the plants. Other news - The flowers were way past gone. (Sigh). Well, we marked our spots and know where to go find them next year. Linda and Randy met up with us just as we were leaving and joined us for the 2nd part of the morning.
And, we had much more luck finding flowers to identify when we headed up the Mt Ashland Ski Road to the PCT trail crossing just past milepost 7 towards what will now be called Mt Ashland Lower Flower Bowl. Middle of August and 43 species? Not to shabby. The stars of the show that day had to be the chocolatey-looking coneflowers loaded with bees. You have to use magnifying lens to see the incredibly tiny yellow flowers, but the bees have no trouble.
All in all, a very fun outing. See you all next year!
Respectfully submitted, Your flower floozy Liz
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8E9A5370 California Tortoiseshell
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Bee on coneflower
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Candy flower_Claytonia sibirica
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Coneflower fans
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Coyote mint_Monardia odoratissima
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Dinosaur nest
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Green corn lily_Veratum viride
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Group shot 2
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I-5 waypoint
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Kay is on it
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Looking downslope on Lower Flower bowl
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Lots to see
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Lunch on a Log
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Mariposa greenii lily seed pods
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Mariposa preserve explorers
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Mariposa preserve overlook
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Mariposa preserve
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Randy on the slope
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Rubber rabbit brush_Ericameria nauseosa
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Seed pods
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To the preserve
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Western coneflower_Rudbeckia occidentalis
