Flowers (and Ferns) of Canyon Creek
Winter and Spring, 2001
with special thanks to Karen Callahan
photography by Russell Towle
California Milkmaid (Cardamine californica)
near The Terraces, early February
Rue Anemone (Isopyrum occidentale)
near Gorge Point on the Six-Inch
Trail, early February
Biscuit Root (Lomatium nudicaule)
Gorge Point, early February
Brewer's Rock Cress (Arabis brewerii)
Gorge Point, early March
Larkspur (Delphinium patens?)
Gorge Point, early March
Shooting Star; Mosquito Bills (Dodecatheon
hendersonii)
upper trail, mid-March
Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus) close-up
Gorge Point, mid-March
Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma pulchella)
Gorge Point, late March
Man Root (Marah watsonii)
Gorge Point, late March
Canyon Nemophila (Nemophila heterophylla)
Gorge Point, late March
Tufted Poppy (Eschscholzia caespitosa)
near Gorge Point, late March; also
near North Fork
Fan Violet (Viola sheltonii)
upper trail, late March
Virgin's Bower; Chaparral Clematis;
(Clematis lasiantha)
lower Camyom Creek Trail; along
river; late March
Harlequin Lupine (Lupinus stiversii)
along North Fork, late March
Bush Lupine (Lupinus albifrons)
in openings near river, and along
the lower Canyon Creek Trail, late March
Paintbrush (Castilleia ?)
upperPickering Bar Trail, early
April
Common Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus)
seeps on the cliffs beside Canyon
Creek, March; in many locations, later
California Groundcone (Boschniakia
strobilacea)
top of Pickering Bar Trail, early
April
Lace Lipfern (Cheilanthes gracillima)
on rocks from upper trail down to
the North Fork
Birdsfoot Fern (Pellaea macromata)
in sunny, rocky areas
Kaweah River Scorpionweed (Phacelia
egena)
near Gorge Point, mid-April
California Scarlet Campion or Indian
Pink (Silene californica)
at first waterfall vista, mid-April
Spatula-leaved sedum (Sedum spathulifolium)
common; above Gorge Point, mid-April
Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza saggittes)
upper trail, mid-April
Kellogg's Monkeyflower (Mimulus
kelloggii)
appeared near river late March,
near Gorge Point mid-April
Lace Pod (Thysanocarpus curvipes)
lower trail, April
Woolly Lotus, Lotus incanus
Top of Pickering Bar Trail, mid-April
Lemmon's Ceanothus (Ceanothus Lemmonii)
Top of Pickering Bar Trail, mid-April
California Bush Poppy (Dendromecon
rigida)
Top of Pickering Bar Trail, mid-April
Houndstongue (Cynoglossum sp.)
Upper trail, late March
Bush Monkeyflower (Mimulus bifidus)
Gorge Point, early May
Fremont's Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus
argophyllus var. fremontii)
lower trail, early May
Douglas's Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum)
Gorge Point, mid-April
Star Tulip (Calochortus monophyllus)
Early May, upper trail
False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina
stellata)
Potato Ravine, early May
Many-flowered Hyacinth (Dichelostemma
multiflora)
from the bridge on Canyon Creek,
down to the North Fork, early May
Harvest Brodiaea (Brodaeia elegans)
lower trail, early May
Related to the California Ground
Cone; (Orobanche uniflora)
parasitizing roots of Sedum spathulifolium,
near The Oxbow, early May
Tincture Plant (Collinsia tinctoria)
Gorge Point, mid-May
Foothill Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron
foliosus)
Base of Canyon Creek Trail, early
May; Gorge Point, mid-May
Gold Wire (Hypericum concinnum)
Top of Pickering Bar Trail, mid-May
Wood Rose (Rosa gymnocarpa)
north-facing slopes in Potato Ravine
Pass, mid-May
Star Flower (Trientalis latifolia)
Potato Ravine Pass, mid-May
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria platypetala)
Potato Ravine Pass, north-facing
slopes, mid-May
Blue Field Gilia (Gilia capitata)
Gorge Point, mid-May
Phantom Orchid (Cephalanthera austinae)
The Bluffs, May 25
Pine Violet (Viola lobata)
The Bluffs, May 25
Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus pinnatus)
Paleobotanist Trail, on Potato Ravine
in diggings, late May
Two-lobed Clarkia (Clarkia biloba)
Lower trail, profuse, late May
Hansen's Larkspur (Delphinium hanseni}
lower trail, late May
Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii)
lower trail, late May
Common Tarweed (Madia elegans)
lower trail, late May
Narrow-leaved Onion (Allium amplectens)
lower trail, profuse, late May
Wooly Sunflower (Eriophylum lanatum)
lower trail, May
Gaping Penstemon (Keckiella breviflora)
lower trail, late May
Mustang Mint (Monardella lanceolata)
lower trail, late May
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