{"id":1739,"date":"2008-02-09T12:36:04","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T20:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/02\/09\/wildflowers-best-bay-area-locales\/"},"modified":"2008-02-09T12:53:52","modified_gmt":"2008-02-09T20:53:52","slug":"wildflowers-best-bay-area-locales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/02\/09\/wildflowers-best-bay-area-locales\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildflowers: Best Bay Area locales"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw a couple little yellow blooms the last time out, the first hints of the blast of color coming up this spring. So far the weather seems to be pretty good: ample rain but not overdoing it, time between storms for the landscape to recover. <\/p>\n

\"Mariposa<\/a> Mariposa lily, Henry Coe State Park, May 2007).<\/div>\n

Last year we had too little rain; the year before that, too much — two years in a row of rather puny wildflower seasons tells me we’re long overdue for a really good one. Among the places I’ll be looking for them:
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\nHenry W. Coe State Park.<\/a><\/strong> This is the only place where I regularly see those gorgeous paint-brushed Mariposa lilies like the one at left. I know they must grow in other places, I just don’t see them.
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\nPoint Reyes National Seashore.<\/a><\/strong> Last time I was up there I kept seeing these amazing purple irises — they grow in grassy areas and are very difficult to photograph, but are most impressive.
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\nJoseph D. Grant County Park.<\/a><\/strong> Perhaps the most diverse assortment of blooms appears here very spring. I’m told that on a really good year, the hillsides look like something from an Impressionist painting. <\/p>\n

\"Poppies!\" <\/a>California poppies high on a ridge in the backcountry section of Calero County Park, April 2007. <\/div>\n

Calero County Park<\/a>. <\/strong> Like Grant, Calero has a lot of open, sunny hillsides that bloom up nice. You have to get up in the hills away from the equestrian areas to see the best parts. <\/p>\n

Pinnacles National Monument.<\/a><\/strong> The rocks get all the attention, but the blooms here are varied and vibrant.
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\nSunol Regional Wilderness.<\/a><\/strong> Spring is a bit muddy in Sunol, but the colors more than compensate. Sunol is about as nice as it gets during wildflower season. <\/p>\n

So, I think these hit the high spots … please weigh in with more suggestions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw a couple little yellow blooms the last time out, the first hints of the blast of color coming up this spring. So far the weather seems to be pretty good: ample rain but not overdoing it, time between…<\/p>\n

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