BIOL 106-01 Field Trip to Muir Woods National Monument

These clovers covered almost all of the forest floor, creating very densely populated cover low to the ground. Although these clovers were incredibly common, this was one of my favorite species that I observed due to the beautiful effect that they gave to the forrest floor

I found this species in a few different places along my hike. Although it was on of the more common plants flowering on this day, their striking inflorescences stood out to me. This species had very long broad cuneate-like leaves. The leaves themselves were almost shiny or waxy in appearance. The flowers seemed to be almost papilionaceous or tubulate.

This species appeared to grow fairly low to the ground. In every instance that I encountered this plant it appeared to have the same arrangement with three large, broad deltoid leaves and sometimes a flower bud protruding from its center.

This species appeared to be fairly common in this area. It had long broad leaves arranged in an alternate pinnately compound structure with long parallel venation extending the length of the leaf. The leaves appeared to have entire leaf margins and inflorescences with very small white or light yellow flowers at the ends

I found this species in a few different places along my hike. Although it was on of the more common plants flowering on this day, their striking inflorescences stood out to me. This species had very long broad cuneate-like leaves. The leaves themselves were almost shiny or waxy in appearance. The flowers seemed to be almost papilionaceous or tubulate.

These small pinkish flowers were found along the forrest floor. Fairly small and nestled among the clovers, these flowers stood our to me as being very radially symmetric. These plants had very broad leaves that were very large in comparison to its flower.

I found these pretty purple flowers in a few different places along my hike. They were mostly found buried along the clovers and fairly low to the ground. These flowers appeared to be very radially symmetric.

This was one of the two different types of ferns that I found on my hike. This fern appeared to be slightly less common than its linearly-leaved counter part. This fern had pinnately lobed leaves that started fairly broad and appeared to taper at the ends

This flower has a really cool shape. It did not seem to be quite as common as some of the other species in the area which made finding it all the more special. Due to its shape, I assume that this is some sort of iris or lily. Also in this photo is a flower bud belonging to the same plant

This flowering tall grass stood out a lot in this redwood forrest. I did not see very many of these and this seemed to be one of the only grasses present in the park. At the time that I was there, this grass had small white flowers.

This very small yellow flower was found sprouting along the path. It was very small and were it not for its bright color, it would have been very easy to miss. This plant's leaves were very round and almost orbicular in shape.

These dark blueish-purple flowers were found scattered in a few different places along the forest floor. This plant had a long stem with the flowers sitting at the end which made it slightly difficult to photograph but I managed to get this photo in the end.

These horsetails were very very common and in areas where they grew, they were so dense that they almost dominated the forrest floor. These plants had very harsh nodes along its stem, reminding me slightly of bamboo. Leaves grew in a whorled arrangement on the stem

I only saw this nest once on my hike. It was located pretty high up on a redwood so I could not get a closer look. I am not entirely sure what this is but I think it could possibly some type or arboreal termite nest?? This nest was incredibly large and spanned almost the entire circumference of this redwood

These inflorescences were super common along the roads and open spaces of the park. As I moved into the forrest with more densely populated redwoods, I saw less on these plants. Each plant seemed to have only one relatively large inflorescence at its top. To me, this gave these plants the appearance of wearing a crown.