Borges Ranch Flowering Plants

April 30, 2004

This year was cold and wet so the wildflowers are springing up two to three weeks later than normal. Our walk took us up the steep hill (south) at Old Borges Ranch, left through the gate and into East Bay Regional Park District land by going through the second gate. Here the road forks and goes left down to the bottom of the hill. Option 1 is to stop and turn around and come back at the picnic table. A second option is to continue up this road to the left, turn right at the first road switchback and continue up the steep hill until you see the foot trail off to the right and take that to the summit road. Here you can retrace yur steps or follow the road back to Borges Ranch.

			(1) (2)
Common Name	Color	Scientific Name	Peterson Refs.	Where Seen
Milk Thistle	-----	Silybum marianum	330	Road sides
Blue dicks	Blue	Dichelostemma pulchellum	352	All over
Blue-eyed grass	Blue	Sisyrinchium bellum	350	All over
Lupine, Elegant	Blue	Lupinus lepidus	376	Road sides
Wally Basket	Blue	Triteleia laxa	352	Road sides
Sagebrush	No blossoms	Artemisia californica	K 87	Canyon
Bush Monkey Flower	Orange	Dilacus aurantiacus	K 90	Canyon
California poppies	Orange	Eschscholzia californica	224	All over
Owls Clover	Pink	Orthocarpus purpurascens	240	Hill tops
Pom Pon Onion	Pink	Alium serratum	262	Saw one only
Rose Clover	Pink	Trifolium hirtum	J 652	Road sides
Tom Cat Clover	Pink	Trifolium tridentatum	320	Road sides
Vetch, Winter	Pink	Vicia villosa	326	All over
Arroyo Lupine	Purple	Lupinus succulentus	376	Ridge top
Chinese Houses	Purple	Collinsia heterophylla	234	Road sides
Filaree—storksbill	Purple	Erodium moschatum	286	All over
Geranium	Purple	Geranium dissectum	284	All over
Slender Clarkia	Purple	Clarkia gracilis	270	Road sides
Red Ribbons	Red	Clarkia unguiculata	272	Canyon
Thistle, Italian	Red	Cirsium arvense	328	Road sides
Bedstraw	White	Galium aparine	294	Canyon
Black Sage	White	Salvia californica	K 100	Canyon
Buckeye	White	Aesculus californica	K 48	Canyon
Catchfly, Campion	White	Silene	58	High Road
Chamise	White	Adenostoma fasciculatim	K 106	Top of Hill
Manroot--Cucumber	White	Marah organus	98	Bottom of canyon
Peppergrass	White	Lepidium campestre	24	Road sides
Poison Oak	White	Toxicodendron diversilobum	K 112	Hill, wet sides
Wavy leaf Soap Plant	White	Chlorogalum pomeridianum	12	All over
Yarrow, Common	White	Achillea millefolium	108	Tops of Hills
Buttercups	Yellow	Ranunculus orthorhynchus	154	All over
Common Butterweed	Yellow	Senecio vulgaris	208	Road sides
Elderberry	Yellow	Sambucus racemosa	K 48	Road sides
Mariposa Tulip	Yellow	Calochotus luteus	122	Canyon, trail
Mule Ears, Green	Yellow	Wyethia glabra	184	Tops of Hills
Mustard	Yellow	Brassica geniculata	140	All over
Pineapple Weed	Yellow	Matricaria matricarioides	210	Roads

(1) Peterson's "Pacific States Wildflowers" -- all non-lettered references.
(2) Keater, "Plants of the East Bay Parks" -- all "K" references.
(3) Beidleman & Kozloff, "Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region"--the "BK" references.