Borges Ranch Flowering Plants

April 1, 2004

This "trail" starts at the back right end of the gravel parking lot located at the far end and above the Boundary Oaks Golf Course parking lot. Take the road leading to the shooting range and bear right into this gravelly lot. Start at the sign, walk to the road above and turn left. Cross the road under the high-tension lines and continue at the same elevation across the road. This path eventually takes you to a level area after two or three short slippery downhill patches. Continue on this level for about 3/4 of a mile and then take the sharp steep path up to the next level. Here, there are several flowers and from there you may re-trace your path back to your car.

			(1)(2)
Common Name	Color	Scientific Name	Peterson Refs.	Where Seen
Great ValleyGum Plant	-----	Grindelia camporum	212	Not in bloom yet
Poison Oak	-----	Toxicodendron diversilobum	K 112	Not in bloom yet
Sagebrush	-----	Artemisia californica	K 86	Not in bloom yet
Sweet Fennel	-----	Foeniculum vulgare	170	Not in bloom yet
Blue dicks	Blue	Dichelostemma pulchellum	352	All over
Blue-eyed grass	Blue	Sisyrinchium bellum	350	All over
Purple Nightshade	Blue	Solanum xanthi	382	Road sides
Coulter's Thistle	Pink	Cirsium coulteri	328	Quarry area
Owls Clover	Pink	Orthocarpus purpurascens	240	Hill tops
Scarlet Pimpernel	Pink	Anagallis arvensis	304	Road sides
Arroyo Lupine	Purple	Lupinus succulentus	376	Road sides
Filaree—storksbill	Purple	Erodium moschatum	286	All over
Lemmon's Paintbrush	Red	Castilleja lemmonii	244	Quarry area
Scarlet Bugler	Red	Penstemon centranthifolius	238	Canyon
Black Sage	White	Salvia californica	K 100	Road sides
Common Yarrow	White	Achillea millefolium	108	Arroyo area
Little White Heads	White	Un-named as yet		Quarry area
Miner’s lettuce	White	Montia spathulata	294	Wet cool places
Birdsfoot Lotus	Yellow	Lotus corniculatus	180	Road sides
Fern-Leafed Lomatium	Yellow	Lomatium dissectum	168	Canyon
Golden Fairy Lantern	Yellow	Calochortus amabilis	122	Arroyo area
Mustard	Yellow	Brassica geniculata	140	All over
Red Alder	Yellow	Alnus rhombifolia	K 42	Road sides
Yellow Sweet Clover	Yellow	Melilotus indica	178	Quarry area

(1) Peterson's "Pacific States Wildflowers"
(2) Keater, "Plants of the East Bay Parks