Spring Wildflowers

There be Chocolate Lilies (Fritillaria affinis) in the grass!
– N. Pezel

Striped Coralroot (Corallorhiza striata)
– N. Pezel

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon pulchellum)
– D. Bedry

Getting down for a closer look!
– D. Bedry

Enjoying the view
– N. Pezel

Sea Blush (Plectritis congesta)
– N. Pezel

we encountered a flock of field guides!
– D. Bedry

Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus)
– D. Bedry

Taking a break
– N. Pezel

More Monkey Flowers and Saxifrage
– N. Pezel

Hiking home. As they say, all great days have to end.
– N. Pezel

Spring Wildflowers
by Nancy Pezel, 12 May 2018.

The weather was perfect for our group of 12 members to enjoy a lovely walk searching for spring wildflowers.

David Bedry led the group down the Browne Creek Trail to Dinner Rock Bluffs and the campground.

Along the sunnier edges of the forest we saw Pacific dogwood and Saskatoon berry in bloom.  Sally spotted some striped coralroot as well.  Death Camas were just beginning to flower in some of the grassy openings, while the Monkey flowers and chocolate lilies were in full bloom.  Nodding onions provided a culinary treat.

Carpets of sea blush dotted the tops of the bluffs as we got closer to the ocean.
And we sure enjoyed those ocean views!