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April 05, 2015  •  Leave a Comment

April 4, 2015 - We had a nice hike in this nearby park along a 5-mile loop that takes us to rock formations and nice vista. The Castle Rock Falls is down to a trickle because of drought. Still, there are plenty of wild flowers. Besides familiar ones, we ran into a new plant that we had to look up. Yerba Santa, or sacred herb, is a shrub that grows to 6 or 7 feet and gives off white-lavendar flowers. It was valued by native Americans for medicinal properties of its leaf. We also saw a nice display of Mule's Ears, one of Sue's favorite flowers. A blue-belly lizard (Western Fence Lizard) patiently posed for us, and we had a brief glimpse of a snake which we later identified as a California Mountain Kingsnake. 

To see photos with captions, please go to gallery Castle Rock.

 

 

Keywords: Castle Rock State Park, Western Fence Lizard, White Baby Blue Eyes, Yerba Santa

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