S3 ep2 sue meg State park CA pt1

Henderson's Angelica

Yellow Cobblestone Lichen

Tall Coastal Plantain

Angelica hendersonii

This is an Endemic native plant that we had never seen before

Tall Coastal Plantain

Yellow Cobblestone Lichen

Tall Coastal Plantain

Plantago subnuda

another gorgeous native plantago! Not especially tall currently.

Yellow Cobblestone Lichen

Acarospora socialis

this stuff was neon yellow!

Dune Tansy

Seaside Bone Lichen

Yellow Cobblestone Lichen

Tanacetum bipinnatum

we were certain these fronds were from a new type of fern we hadn't seen. Instead they come from a cool native plant we had never seen!

Seaside Bone Lichen

Hypogymnia heterophylla

One of the most METAL names for any organism we have ever heard. This Lichen is listed as globally vulnerable on iNaturalist!

Pacific Wax Myrtle

Seaside Bone Lichen

Morella californica

Robust Lancetooth Snail

Haplotrema vancouverense

This adorable snail is the only one we saw like this!

Slippery Jack

Robust Lancetooth Snail

This one is questionable should we ask joanne?

Arctic Butterbur

Robust Lancetooth Snail

Arctic Butterbur

Petasites frigidus

cute little native plant

Fairy Parachutes

Muscle rock group photo

Arctic Butterbur

Marasmiellus candidus

The undersides of these are also ADORABLE

Muscle rock group photo

Look how happy these humans are!

Cascara

Muscle rock group photo

Frangula purshiana

S3 ep2 Sue meg State park CA pt 2

Membranous Pelt Lichen

Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge

Peltigera membranacea

whoa who named all this cool stuff?

Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge

Rhopalomyia californica

A very COOL GALL!

Western Sword Fern

Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge

Moe lifting the tree...she's so strong!

Eric described what a hilt was like on a sword!

Moe lifting the tree...she's so strong!

We are just showin' off for the friends now!

Candyflower

Moe lifting the tree...she's so strong!

Candyflower

Claytonia sibirica

Not the best photo, but they are in the same Genus as Spring Beauties also a super cute name

S3 ep1 Prairie creek redwood State park CA

We can all thank the Garden Clubs!

We read this book that was recommended to us called: Who Saved the Redwoods?: The Unsung Heroines of the 1920's Who Fought for Our Redwood Forests

by Laura and James Wasserman

This book was truly eye opening about how these groves were saved. We will talk more about this in future episodes

Western Sword Fern

We can all thank the Garden Clubs!

Polystichum munitum

a beautiful specimen!

Redwood violet

We can all thank the Garden Clubs!

Redwood violet

viola sempervirens

I don't think we have seen it in bloom yet!

Toy Soldiers

Pacific Rhododendron

Redwood violet

Cladonia bellidiflora

is a fruticose, cup lichen species in the Cladoniaceae family.

Photo by iNaturalist user: nnuebel

Pacific Rhododendron

Rhododendron macrophyllum

Photo by iNaturalist user: raisin_wrangler

Nursery Tree/log

Pacific Rhododendron

Look at this beauty giving so much life!

White Coral Fungus

Clavulina coralloides

We were all pretty fascinated by this lil dude!

The Howards

White Coral Fungus

These people were instrumental

Very cool map

White Coral Fungus

Very cool map

This is a VERY cool map outlining how important each donation was to building this park!

Candy Lichen

Orange Spot Jelly

Very cool map

Icmadophila ericetorum

Like those dot candies on paper when we were kids!

Fairy Fingers

Orange Spot Jelly

Clavaria fragilis

wow what an adorable common name

Orange Spot Jelly

Dacrymyces chrysospermus

North America it is known as orange jelly or orange witch's butter

MorE Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

False Puffball

Tree with mushrooms going all the way up!!!

Redhead Russula

Reticularia lycoperdon

according to our friend and local mushroom aficionado Joanne Schwartz it looks like we may have actually found a slime mold here! For more info and beautiful pictures of Slime Molds check out Alison Pollack on instagram https://www.instagram.com/marin_mushrooms/

Redhead Russula

Tree with mushrooms going all the way up!!!

Redhead Russula

Russula rhodocephala

Tree with mushrooms going all the way up!!!

These mushrooms are breaking down this tree!

Milton B. Drury scenic parkway sign

Tree with mushrooms going all the way up!!!

we were here!

Iconic Bridge

Milton B. Drury scenic parkway sign

Iconic Bridge

Us on that cool bridge end of hike