Keri Sprenger reports that there are many wildflowers in bloom along the Herman Creek Trail, including a profusion of Columbia Windflowers especially after the powerline road crossing up to the junction with the Nick Eaton Ridge Trail.
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Other blooming varieties include: Bugbane, Nootka Rose, Inside-Out Flower, Columbia Windflower, Solomon’s Seal, Foamflower, Western Starflower, Striped Coralroot, Spotted Coralroot, Honeysuckle, Paintbrush, Blue-Eyed Mary, Strawberry Plant, Tiger Lily (buds only), Large-Leaf Avens, Stonecrop, Bead Lily, Scouler`s Valerian, Fringecup, Piggyback Plant, Popcorn Flower, Arnica, Red Columbine, Sea Blush, Larkspur (but mostly fading), Desert Parsley, Senecio, Lupine, Vanilla Leaf, Pacific Waterleaf, Fairy Slipper, Monkeyflower, and Western Meadowrue.
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