Photographs from the Photography on the Run post: Wonderful Wildflowers, a Seasonal Bridge, and a Cranky Rattlesnake on the Bulldog Loop
Winter Vetch (Vicia villosa) near the Tapia Park picnic area. The plant is not native to California. April 23, 2023.
Flood debris piled against sycamore trees, downstream of the Tapia Water Reclamation Facility on Malibu Creek. April 23, 2023.
When you first see it along the trail you might mistake it for golden yarrow, but it is yellow Chaenactis (Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula). April 23, 2023.
From the front Parry's Phacelia (Phacelia parryi) and wild canterbury bells (Phacelia minor) look similar, but the flower of Parry's Phacelia -- pictured here -- is cone-shaped, rather than bell-shaped.
Budding flowers of woolly blue-curls (Trichostema lanatum) along the Tapia Spur Trail. April 23, 2023.
Another Phacelia, probably Caterpillar Phacelia (Phacelia cicutaria). April 23, 2023.
The bright yellow flower of bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida) is always a welcome sight along a chaparral trail. April 23, 2023.
Distinguished from chaparral nightshade (Solanum umbelliferum) by not having branching hairs on its leaves, this is likely the more common purple nightshade (Solanum xanti). April 23, 2023.
Yellow monkey flower (Diplacus brevipes) is related to bush monkey flower (Diplacus longiflorus), and also grows in relatively dry habitats.
Prickly phlox (Linanthus californicus) near the top of the Tapia Spur Trail. April 23, 2023.
Purple and white Collinsia near the group camp at the north end of the Tapia Spur Trail. April 23, 2023.
Coast live oaks along Crags Road. These trees survived the 2018 Woolsey Fire. April 23, 2023.
Seasonal bridge across Malibu Creek on the Crags Road Trail east of the M*A*S*H site. The bridge was removed earlier this rain season and is expected to be reinstalled soon.
This relatively young coast redwood is one of the first encountered on the Forest Trail. April 23, 2023.
Vinca (non-native) growing at the base of one of the 100+ year-old coast redwoods planted along Century Lake.
The fallen tree blocking the trail is a redwood. More than half of the coast redwoods along or near the Forest Trail have died since 2014. April 23, 2023.
The Forest Trail near its junction with the Crags Road Trail.
Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta) near the start of Bulldog climb. April 23, 2023.
Thousands and thousands of Canyon sunflowers (Venegasia carpesioides) covering a hillside burned in the 2018 Woolsey Fire. April 23, 2023.
A closer look at canyon sunflowers along Bulldog Mtwy fire road. April 23, 2023.
Bush lupine (Lupinus longifolius) growing on a south-facing road cut of Bulldog Mtwy fire road. April 23, 2023.
Parry's Phacelia (Phacelia parryi) along Bulldog Mtwy fire road. April 23, 2023.
Bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida)along Bulldog Mtwy fire road. Like other poppies, the flowers close when it is cold. April 23, 2023.
Blue Dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus) are a good indicator of the amount of Winter rain. The name derives from the plant's previous classification in the genus Dichelostemma. April 23, 2023.
Woolly Paintbrush (Castilleja foliolosa) along Castro Peak Mtwy fire road, west of the west of the Corral Canyon parking area. April 23, 2023.
Very dark (and cranky) Southern Pacific Rattlesnake on Castro Peak fire road, just west of the Corral Canyon parking area. April 23, 2023.
A recovering coast live oak along the Mesa Peak fire road segment of the Backbone Trail, about 4 1/2 years after it was burned in the Woolsey Fire. April 23, 2023.
Bush monkey flower (Diplacus longiflorus) along the Mesa Peak fire road segment of the Backbone Trail. April 23, 2023.
The strenuous hike on the Mesa Peak fire road segment of the Backbone Trail up to this picnic table is popular. It's about 2.5 miles from the Tapia Park parking area to the table, and the trail gains about 1400 vertical feet.
Blue fiesta flower on a shady, single-track section of the Backbone Trail, near its junction with Mesa Peak fire road. April 23, 2023.
Chaparral Clematis (Clematis lasiantha) along the Backbone Trail near the Malibu Canyon trailhead in Tapia Park. The leaves resemble those of poison oak. April 23, 2023.
Greenbark ceanothus (Ceanothus spinosus) along the Backbone Trail near the Malibu Canyon trailhead in Tapia Park. April 23, 2023.
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