{"id":7670,"date":"2024-04-09T05:51:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T05:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/?p=7670"},"modified":"2024-04-09T05:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T05:51:54","slug":"douglas-wallflowers-in-blossom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/douglas-wallflowers-in-blossom\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Wallflowers in Blossom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MARCH 29, 2020\u00a0BY\u00a0CHRIS KASTEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a Douglas Wallflower alongside the Upper Falls Trail, as seen this last Monday while hiking up the Big Santa Anita Canyon under cloudy skies. \u00a0 Our series of much-needed rain storms have brought back thick green grasses and the start to what\u2019ll most likely be a colorful Spring of other wildflowers. \u00a0Joanie and I hiked the two-mile Falling Sign Loop from Fern Lodge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_1070\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canyoncartography.com\/wall-flower-1\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/canyoncartography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wall-Flower-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1070\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">These Douglas Wallflowers (<em>Erysimum capitatum<\/em>) popped out at us just downstream from the double slot pools on the Upper Falls Trail. There\u2019s also a nice grouping of wallflowers near the second bench up the road from Roberts\u2019 Camp in San Olene Canyon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sturtevant Falls was tumbling down nicely. &nbsp;The scent of white sage peppered the cool air and the background surf-like sound of the stream followed us the whole way. &nbsp;We brought along an old shovel, cleaning off small slides here and there. &nbsp; Wild lilacs (buck brush) are still sending their mild lavender scent into the canyon breezes while the bright red orange of Indian paintbrush pokes up from the damp earth near Hoegee\u2019s Drop-Off. &nbsp;And overarching along most of the route, the Laurel bay blossoms still cling to the dark green canopies. &nbsp;Look for the tender dark reddish purple leaves of the canyon big-leaf maples as their foliage begins to fill back in for a new season. &nbsp;Even the white alders are pushing out a myriad of their bright green leaflets, replacing that smokey look of dormancy with new life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_1069\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canyoncartography.com\/east-fork\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/canyoncartography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/East-Fork-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1069\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View looking east up into the East Fork of Big Santa Anita Canyon from Gabrielino Trail. Note the Toyon in the foreground, still hanging onto some of its\u2019 red berries. That\u2019s Rankin and Monrovia peaks in the most distant background. Clamshell Peak is barely captured on the right hand side of photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARCH 29, 2020\u00a0BY\u00a0CHRIS KASTEN Here\u2019s a Douglas Wallflower alongside the Upper Falls Trail, as seen this last Monday while hiking up the Big Santa Anita Canyon under cloudy skies. \u00a0 Our series of much-needed rain storms have brought back thick green grasses and the start to what\u2019ll most likely be a colorful Spring of other &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/douglas-wallflowers-in-blossom\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Douglas Wallflowers in Blossom&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,167,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-nature","category-outdoors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7671,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670\/revisions\/7671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}