Hairy Bird's Beak
Cordylanthus pilosus ssp. pilosus
Cordylanthus pilosus ssp. pilosus
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There are two areas in the park that have large populations of Bird's Beak. Because the environments are very different and the look of the respective plants seemed different also, I asked Ellen Dean, who is the Curator at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity, to help me out. With permission from Park Ranger Teri, I took one typical plant from each location to the UC Davis Center for Ms. Dean to examine and 'key'--the process used for plant identification. The answer was that in spite of differences, the plants from both locations (the Middle / Lower Mystic Trails and the Old Ranch Road Trail) were both Hairy Bird's Beak.
| Some of the Mystic Trail Hairy Bird's Beak plants. |
| Some of the Hairy Bird's Beak plants along the Old Ranch Road Trail. |
| Old Ranch Road location. |
| Mystic Trail location. |
| In this photo and the next, I have pulled the sides back to expose the flower. |
