Borges Ranch Flowering Plants
March 23, 2004This "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.
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Common Name | Color | Scientific Name | Peterson Refs. | Where Seen |
Birdsfoot Lotus | Yellow | Lotus corniculatus | 180 | Road sides |
Black Sage | White | Salvia californica | K 100 | Road sides |
Blue dicks | Blue | Dichelostemma pulchellum | 352 | All over |
Blue-eyed grass | Blue | Sisyrinchium bellum | 350 | All over |
Sweet Fennel | ----- | Foeniculum vulgare | 170 | Not in bloom yet |
Filaree—storksbill | Purple | Erodium moschatum | 286 | All over |
Great ValleyGum Plant | ----- | Grindelia camporum | 212 | Not in bloom yet |
Fern-Leafed Lomatium | Yellow | Lomatium dissectum | 168 | Canyon |
Arroyo Lupine | Purple | Lupinus succulentus | 376 | Road sides |
Miner’s lettuce | White | Montia spathulata | 294 | Wet cool places |
Mustard | Yellow | Brassica geniculata | 140 | All over |
Purple Nightshade | Blue | Solanum xanthi | 382 | Road sides |
Owls Clover | Pink | Orthocarpus purpurascens | 240 | Hill tops |
Poison Oak | ----- | Toxicodendron diversilobum | K 112 | Not in bloom yet |
Red Alder | Yellow | Alnus rhombifolia | K 42 | Road sides |
Scarlet Bugler | Red | Penstemon centranthifolius | 238 | Canyon |
Sagebrush | ----- | Artemisia californica | K 86 | Not in bloom yet |
Scarlet Pimpernel | Pink | Anagallis arvensis | 304 | Road sides |
(1) Peterson's "Pacific States Wildflowers"
(2) Keater, "Plants of the East Bay Parks