We meet at the Legion in Van Anda at 10:00am.
Last week we hiked north from Hydro East and found quite a few edible mushrooms in this area of fairly open mossy forest. Just before lunchtime we decided to explore a well used ATV trail that branched off to the right and headed steeply downhill, curious as to where it might end. I was hoping for a nice viewpoint from an open bluff, but instead it ended on a rocky beach where people had camped not too long ago.
My photo is one I took back in early September on a hike to Black Mountain. On Texada there is a small plant that has the common name Blue-eyed Grass. It likes damp areas such as ditches and the margins of swamps, but it's not a grass and has thin flat leaves that make it look rather like a miniature iris. Much less common is a close relative, Golden-eyed Grass or Sisyrhinchium californicum, with lovely buttercup yellow flowers.
JD.
Golden-eyed Grass, Sisyrhinchium californicum in a roadside ditch.
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