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Take a five-mile, five-hour amble to see what's blooming in Big Basin. Enjoy the colorful side of Big Basin as you are led by naturalist Scott Peden, who knows the area intimately. Bring water and lunch.
Asked what we're likely to see on this walk, Scott Peden sent us this list:
Possibly Alligator and Fence Lizards
Banana Slugs
California Sister butterfly
Syrphid Flies (Bee flies)
California newts
California Polypody
Moss fruiting bodies
Cladonia Lichens
Toothwort
Broadleaved Orchid
Pepper Grass
Redwood Violet
Huckleberry
Two Eyed Violet
Yerba de Selva
California Blue Bush (Ceanothus)
Redwood Sorrell
Western Wakerobin
Brittle leaved Manzanita
Buckbrush (Ceanothus)
Henderson's Shooting Stars aka Mosquito bills
Coltsfoot
Fat Solomons Seal
Mountain Iris
Sensitive Manzanita
Santa Cruz aka Heart-leaved Manzanita
California Broom
Warty-leaved Ceanothus
Star Lily
Indian Warrior
Hog Fennel, Lomatium
California Blackberry
California Flannel Bush
POISON OAK!!!! (sweet honey smelling scents!)
Orange, Sticky Monkey Flower
California Poppy Bush
Yellow Sanicle aka Snakeroot
Meet at Park Headquarters at Big Basin Redwoods State Park, located 9 miles outside Boulder Creek on Hwy 236. 10am. Free, but parking is $10.
Indian warrior photograph by Eugene Zelenko/Creative Commons
