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Marsh Microseris growing in moist meadow that was recently much wetter. It has characteristic black hairs on phyllaries.

Marsh Microseris (Microseris paludosa) A.k.a. Marsh Scorzonella. Genus: Microseris (Silverpuffs). Native, perennial, uncommon plant that grows in wet, marshy meadows, vernal pools, and in moist grasslands. Endemic to California, where it has a scattered distribution between southern Mendocino and northern San Luis Obispo Counties, mainly near the coast. Single inflorescence sits on a long, erect or curving peduncle. The head may be nodding when in bud. Flowers 25-70, ligules yellow with maroon stripe on underside. Flowers close in early afternoon or windy mornings. Phyllaries are generally mealy and +- black-hairy. Outer phyllaries are linear to ovate-deltate, tapered, and not recurved. Fruit is a spherical seed ball. Peak bloom time: April-June.
Conservation Status: 1B.2 in California, US (CNPS).

CNPS Rare Plant Inventory: https://rareplants.cnps.org/Plants/Details/1968

Endangered Species Fact Sheets (85 species in Monterey County) http://www.elkhornsloughctp.org/factsheet/factsheet.php?SPECIES_ID=28

Calflora (with species distribution map in CA) https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=5480

Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=4159

Flora of North America: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067188

Link to confirmed observation of Marsh Micoseris fruiting: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117932262
Sharper photo of the black phyllaries: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/168779833

Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, pp. 52-53.

Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 53.

Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, 2016, p. 320.

Monterey County Wildflowers https://montereywildflowers.com/asteraceae-silverpuffs/

Cal-IPC: Works to Stop the spread of Invasive Plants across California https://www.cal-ipc.org/plants/profiles/

Wildflowers of California: A Field Guide, California Native Plant Society, 2024 (color photos, 600+ pages)

Native American Ethnobotany: Traditional Native Plant Uses (medicines, foods, fibers, tools): http://naeb.brit.org/ (species not listed)

Leaf Terminology: Diagrams/Definitions: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leaf_morphology.svg

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, 2nd ed., by James Harris and M. Harris, 2022

18 cm tall orchid growing in dry open coastal meadow near Vern Yadon’s Rock, in area of periodic coastal fog/moisture.

Hooded Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) is a native, perennial orchid that can be found growing in wet meadows, freshwater marshes, seeps, and along banks of drainage ditches in many CA plant communities. It grows 7–30 cm (3-11 inches) tall as a spike of creamy-white flowers arranged in a weak spiral. A distinguishing feature is the hood that is formed by the fused upper petals and sepals, and the "violin-shaped" lower lip. Peak bloom time: July.

Link to my favorite Hooded Ladies' Tresses (in it's prime) observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172563120 and this showing the spiraling growth: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124193257

Calflora (includes species distribution map in CA): https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=7741 and sightings in Monterey County: https://www.calflora.org/entry/observ.html?track=m#srch=t&lpcli=t&taxon=Spiranthes+romanzoffiana&chk=t&cch=t&cnabh=t&inat=r&cc=MNT

Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=45264

Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 228.

Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, 2015, Matthews and Mitchell, p. 333.

Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, 2016, p. 243.

Monterey County Wildflowers https://montereywildflowers.com/orchidaceae-xpiperia/

Native American Ethnobotany: Traditional Native Plant Uses (medicines, foods, fibers, tools): http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Spiranthes+romanzoffiana

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Orchids (Family Orchidaceaea) is the largest plant family in the world.
Taxonomy of the Orchid (Orchidaceae) family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_of_the_Orchidaceae#Tribe_Cymbidieae

INaturalist Project: Orchidaceae of California: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/orchidaceae-of-california

Leaf Terminology: Simple Diagrams/Definitions: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leaf_morphology.svg

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, 2nd ed., by James Harris and M. Harris, 2022

Fort Ord A Love Story, Dorothy E. Denning, 2024 (1,000+ color photos, trail maps)

5-minute video of Fort Ord Flora and Fauna, produced by David Styer: https://fortordcleanup.com/archives/2020/natural-treasures-of-fort-ord-90-amazing-photographs/

Coastal California's Living Legacy: The Monterey Pine Forest, 2nd. ed, Nikki Nedeff, et. al. The Monterey Pine Forest Watch, 2018

Didn’t notice any other recent records nearby. Clearly visible from hwy 1. Population of approx 10 plants here, all emerging from iceplant covered dune.

update 2/2023:
Several additional individuals (at least 20 total) nearby in hwy median strip and on small vegetated parcel between northbound lanes and Reservation rd offramp.

This orchid is approximately 6-7 inches tall. We saw them at 4 locations today along W. Machine Gun Flats Rd. Some individuals had flowers arranged in more of a spiral than others.

Hooded Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) is a native, perennial orchid that can be found growing in wet meadows, freshwater marshes, seeps, and along banks of drainage ditches in many CA plant communities. It grows 7–30 cm (3-11 inches) tall as a spike of creamy-white flowers arranged in a weak spiral. A distinguishing feature is the hood that is formed by the fused upper petals and sepals, and the "violin-shaped" lower lip. Peak bloom time: July.

Link to my favorite Hooded Ladies' Tresses (in it's prime) observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172563120 and this showing the spiraling growth: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124193257

Calflora (includes species distribution map in CA): https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=7741 and sightings in Monterey County: https://www.calflora.org/entry/observ.html?track=m#srch=t&lpcli=t&taxon=Spiranthes+romanzoffiana&chk=t&cch=t&cnabh=t&inat=r&cc=MNT

Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=45264

Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 228.

Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, 2015, Matthews and Mitchell, p. 333.

Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, 2016, p. 243.

Monterey County Wildflowers https://montereywildflowers.com/orchidaceae-xpiperia/

Native American Ethnobotany: Traditional Native Plant Uses (medicines, foods, fibers, tools): http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Spiranthes+romanzoffiana

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Orchids (Family Orchidaceaea) is the largest plant family in the world.
Taxonomy of the Orchid (Orchidaceae) family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_of_the_Orchidaceae#Tribe_Cymbidieae

INaturalist Project: Orchidaceae of California: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/orchidaceae-of-california

Leaf Terminology: Simple Diagrams/Definitions: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leaf_morphology.svg

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, 2nd ed., by James Harris and M. Harris, 2022

Fort Ord A Love Story, Dorothy E. Denning, 2024 (1,000+ color photos, trail maps)

5-minute video of Fort Ord Flora and Fauna, produced by David Styer: https://fortordcleanup.com/archives/2020/natural-treasures-of-fort-ord-90-amazing-photographs/

Coastal California's Living Legacy: The Monterey Pine Forest, 2nd. ed, Nikki Nedeff, et. al. The Monterey Pine Forest Watch, 2018

Phacelia are in the Borage Family (Boraginaceae) whose members have their flowers arranged in coiled (scorpiod) cymes. They bloom from the base upwards, gradually unfurling like a scorpion’s tail or caterpillar, as new flowers emerge.

Santa Lucia Phacelia (Phacelia grisea) Native plant growing in gravelly, dry river bed in area that was heavily burned in August 2020 River Fire. A fire follower. Stems, leaves and sepals are hairy and finely glandular, but without the stiff, longer, stinging hairs like Stinging Phacelia (Phacelia malvifolia). Leaves are simple, not compound, gray-green, lanceolate to ovate and may be toothed or lobed. Leaves are also darker, smoother, and not warty/bumpy like Stinging Phacelia. Corolla dull white to pale lavender, 5-7mm. Petals have translucent off-white “window panes.” Stamens 7-8mm, exserted. Anthers are golden yellow, unlike Stinging Phacelia. Peak bloom time: April-July.

Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, pp. 103-104

Jepson eFllora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=37473

Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, p. 199.

Monterey County Wildflowers, Trees & Ferns https://montereywildflowers.com/boraginaceae-phacelia-w/

Common. Many individuals in flower n wet Huckleberry Meadow near intersection of Huckleberry Lane and Huntington Lake Road in high fire severity area, Sierra National Forest, Sierra Nevada, Fresno county, California, USA.