Haunted redwoods: 5 spooky mushrooms and creepy fungi
onMist-shrouded and littered with decaying matter, redwood forests are havens for spooky mushrooms and other eerie fungi.
The bloody flesh-like thing
onThis strange little thing is called a snowflower or snow plant, and it is found fairly commonly in giant sequoia forests and other coniferous montane areas of California, Oregon, and Nevada. These common names are far friendlier than its scientific name, Sarcodes sanguinea, which translates roughly to “bloody flesh-like thing," in reference to the bright red color of the entire plant.
Sequoias and Snow Plants
onIf you have read my recent blog posts, you can see a plant identification-theme forming. I promise it won’t be forever but today I have one more to throw at you. This time I will take you to the giant …
What’s That Flower?
onAfter taking a plant identification class a few weeks ago, I’ve become obsessed with identifying everything I see while hiking in the redwood forest. And although I have walked through many forests, I still see plants that are new to …