June 3, 2012
It was too windy and so most of my pictures of grasses didn't really turn out but the plants were so pretty I'm including them anyway.
Tent moth clump. So gross. I asked a ranger about it and he said the best way he's heard to eradicate them is to cut off the branch with the clump and either burn them or squoosh them by hand. He said his wife sqooshed them and found it very satisfying. SO JIBBLIES-INDUCING.
Tent moths moving towards their clump.
tent moth solo
I believe this is common stork's-bill (Erodium cicutarium - Geraniaceae)...
...so named for its stork's bill-shaped fruit.
Rosehip in process, not sure what kind. Inferior ovary.
something or other
Miner's lettuce gone to seed
Lupine, not sure what kind.
lupine leaves
Some ants on the pea pods of the lupine.
Sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella - Polygonaceae family)
Changing forget-me-not (Myosotis discolor - Boraginaceae family). Teeny
another fern
View from an end of the trail
Scouring-rush (Equisetum hyemale)