Sunday, May 4, 2014

In the pink on China Hill


Bitter root (Lewisia rediviva) was the beauty of the day when we went for 
a nature walk on China Hill on the north side of town.


A gopher snake amongst the serpentine phacelia caused some excitement.


Showy phlox (P. speciosa) shows off its notched petal.


Yreka's own unique and rare Phlox hirsuta has hairy leaves and no notch in the petal.

After the snow melt: Little Shasta Meadows


Yellow bells are one of the first things to show up when spring arrives.  The highlands of 
Little Shasta Meadows are a month or two behind us here so we get to experience spring twice.


Corn lily was just waking from its winter sleep, but the woods violet was already in bloom.


Evergreens peer through a ghostly veil of aspens at the Botanical Area.