Trillium Flowers

Trilliums are plentiful this year!
These are some of the first flowers of spring and one of my favorites.
One thing that is really neat about these flowers is that as they age their color changes from pure white to a dark burgundy.
Get out and enjoy the Forest!
Chris

Rhodies

Native Rhodies (Rhododendron macrophyllum) are spectacular again this year. This is three good years in a row! They will need to take a brake from flowering one year soon so don't miss every opportunity to get out and enjoy them!

Early Wildflowers

It is officially spring the flowers are out.

Some early wildflowers.


Indian Warrior
Pedicularis densiflora
Road 409 at Road 690















Western Trillium
Trillium ovantum
Trans Caspar Trail

Mushrooms

This is a great mushroom year! A free permit to collect mushrooms on JDSF is available at the office 802 North Main St. in Fort Bragg, CA

Gomphus floccous (Woolly Chanterelle)
Not edible

More Wildflowers

Some cool plants I met recently!

Spotted Coral Root Orchid,

(Corallorhiza maculala) near Camp Eight on Rd 361. These orchids are everywhere this year!

Bead Lilly,

(Clintonia Andrewsiana) top of Gas Cap Trail.

Wild Iris,

(Iris Douglasiana) Rd 720 near Gas Cap Trail.

Wildflowers

Wet springs the last few years have helped this to be a great wildflower year. Rhododendrons in the pygmy forest areas are especially beautiful this spring. Irises in sunny areas are also blooming spectacularly. This is a great time of year to explore the forest!




Dogwood, Hwy 20 east of Camp Twenty.