Peachy Hiker: 3. PHOTOS OF WILDFLOWERS by colors, foliage, berries, fungus, and critters

You may be one of those people that come here just to see photos of wildflowers, brightly colored leaves, berries, foliage, and those other ultra-closeups called "macros" that enable us to see what our naked eye can't. This is the page dedicated to that group of visitors and thank you for coming! If I can label a plant I will credit you, and mark them in bold. If I am not sure, I may put what I think it is, but with a question mark. Feel free to tell me what it is in the comment box below if you know, and thank you! I have ordered them in color groups, then added berries, a section for foliage and fungus too, and a small group of critters at the end. Often I will note where I found a plant for your information.

YELLOW WILDFLOWERS:

Originally photographed (by me) at
American Canyon Falls near Auburn, CA.

Buckwheat

Yellow Star Tulip

Common Madia?

Common Yellow Monkey Flower

Madia

Pretty Faces~Found at Fairy Falls, Spenceville Preserve

Monkey Flowers photographed on Crooked Lake Trail

Found in Desolation Wilderness.

Blooming on Coffee Creek Trail in Trinity Alps.

Also found along Coffee Creek Trail.

Frying Pans

Blooming along Grizzly Bear Hike.

Grouse Lake blooms, also unidentified.

A pretty patch of wildflowers on Grizzly Bear Trail.

Hartweg's Iris

Buttercups at Hidden Falls and at Windy Point.

Buttercup at Hidden Falls.

Blooms generously sprinkled along Hidden Falls Trail.

More Hidden Falls gems.

Poppies at Hidden Falls Trail.

We saw these while hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail between
Echo Lake and Tahoe City, through Desolation Wilderness.

Growing along Lyons Creek Trail in
Desolation Wilderness, a Monkey Flower?

This time I photographed this one at Lyon Creek on the way to Sylvia Lake.

Yet another along Lyons Creek Trail.
Last spring (2012) all wildflowers were abundant!

More Lyons Creek flowers in June of 2012.

Yellow and White Monkey Flower

Blooms at Maud Lake in
Desolation Wilderness in June of 2012.

May of 2010 along South Yuba River.

Naked Cats Ears near Georgetown, CA.

Seep Spring Monkey Flowers (and a
hiking pole for size reference).

February 2010 on our way to snow camp at Lyons Creek.
The flowers were below the snow line but the roads
weren't plowed so we hiked all the way up Wrights Lake Road.

Irises along the South Yuba River.

I found this one at Windy Point,
another veritable treasure chest of blooms.

Another Windy Point unidentified blossom for me.

Also found at Windy Point.

Again, Windy Point has such a lot to offer
the photographer and wildflower enthusiast!

More yellow from Windy Point.

Yellow Paintbrush

Taken at Miners Ravine Reserve in Rocklin, CA in Nov.

RED WILDFLOWERS:

Canyon Dudleya photo taken at Loch Levin Lakes.

Red Crimson Columbine

Crimson Clover

Crimson Columbine

Canyon Liveforever

Red seed pods photographed at Grouse Ridge.

Indian Pink

Indian Pink or Silene Californica

Mule's Ears

Rose Clover and Crimson Clover

WHITE WILDFLOWERS:

DOGWOOD

ALPINE COLUMBINE

BEAVERTAIL GRASS

BUCKWHEAT BLOOMS

Serviceberry? Viewed at Castle Lake

DOGWOOD in Trinity Alps

DOGWOOD MACRO

ALPINE COLUMBINE?

EVENING SNOW?

FAIRY LANTERNS

FIVESPOTS

GRASS OF PARNASSUS

Photographed on the Grizzly Bear Hike

CORN LILIES AT GROUSE LAKE

Photographed at Grouse Lake area.

Fawn Lily? Photographed in the snow at Carr-Feeley Lakes area.

HARTWEG'S IRIS

IRIS

Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily

Hawkweed?

CORN LILY macro shot of a single bloom.

NAKED STAR TULIP

PENNYROYAL

PHACELIA

PINK LUPINE in Trinity Alps

POPCORN FLOWERS

QUEEN ANNE'S LACE

MARSH MARIGOLD

STAR TULIP

WHITE HEATHER

WOODLAND STAR

Photographed in Trinity Alps

WILD HYACINTH

Wild Rhodadendrens? Castle Lake

WOODLAND STAR

WHITE THISTLE

BLUE WILDFLOWERS:

BABY BLUE EYES

Blooms were along Lyons Creek Trail in Desolation Wilderness 6-2012.

TOREY'S BLUE EYE

PURPLE WILDFLOWERS:

Torrey's Monkey Flower~ Azalea Lake west of Donner.

This little patch of color was along American Canyon Trail near Auburn, CA.

ASTER

BLUE DICKS

Found in Trinity Alps

Also in Trinity Alps

Trinity Alps too.

CAMAS LILIES

Velvety Stickseed Castle Lake in Trinity Alps.

CLARKIA

CHINESE HOUSES

Eriodictyom Californicum

Globe Gilia

LUPINE I found at Grouse Ridge

Also found at Grouse Ridge

Another bloom seen at Grouse Ridge.

LAYNE'S MONKEY FLOWER

LUPINE

PHLOX at Lyons Creek Trail.

PHLOX

Blooms along Lyons Creek Trail.

LUPINE along Lyons Creek Trail.

Wandering Daisy~ Lyons Creek Trail in spring.

NUTTALL'S LARKSPUR macro shot

or known as Delphinium nuttallianum , TWO LOBED LARKSPUR.
Information courtesy of William J. Finch of Desolation Wilderness.

MEADOW LARKSPUR

LARKSPUR?

PENSTEMON?

SHOOTING STARS
(a personal favorite)

SMALL LARKSPUR

TOMCAT CLOVER

VETCH

LUPINE

I included duplicates that have slight variations just for anyone looking for a flower, to offer different views.

PINK WILDFLOWERS:

Arguably lavender or purple, but for now, we'll call it pink.

EVERLASTING PEAS

CLARKIA~FAREWELL TO SPRING

CLARKIA

PINK INDIAN PAINTBRUSH

BLEEDING HEARTS

In Trinity Alps along the creek we couldn't cross!

PINK LADIES SLIPPERS

Along Windy Point Trail

"The beautiful flower is a Castilleja (the indian paintbrush genus). Its common name, owl's clover, is a little misleading as it is not a true clover (true clovers are in the Fabaceae family), it is a Scrophulariace - or snap dragon family." Lisa Auchincloss identified that for me!