Homestead Valley Land Trust

Homestead Valley Land Trust Local management of Homestead community open space since 1973

Big shout out to this group of volunteers from the SNAG club at SF State, who came to HVLT yesterday to pull invasive no...
11/24/2025

Big shout out to this group of volunteers from the SNAG club at SF State, who came to HVLT yesterday to pull invasive non native scotch broom and cotoneaster, and help us expand the restoration treatment for a coastal prairie site. Thank you also to Tanya Baxter for the continued collaboration and MNPS for the loan of w**d wrenches. We can’t wait to see how this project matures! ; https://www.baxterbotanical.net/about-1; https://cnpsmarin.org

The Pixie Trail slide repairs are now complete. As always share the trail safely and dog guardians please pack out those...
10/17/2025

The Pixie Trail slide repairs are now complete. As always share the trail safely and dog guardians please pack out those p**p bags!

Blooming Now - May 5, 2025NEW– Alum root (Heuchera micrantha) with its pretty mounding geranium leaves is blooming with ...
05/06/2025

Blooming Now - May 5, 2025

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– Alum root (Heuchera micrantha) with its pretty mounding geranium leaves is blooming with small white bells near water.
– American vetch (Vicia americana) with pea leaves is blooming purple in shrublands.
– Andrews clinton (Clintonia andrewsiana), a lily, is blooming bright pink above large waxy leaves under redwood trees – look for it above Laverne above Stolte.
– Buckeye (Aesculus californica), a beautiful deciduous tree puts out candlestick flower buds which are now blooming with pink bottlebrushes. Fragrant.
– Creeping snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis), a small deciduous shrub is blooming with small pink bells at forest edge.
– Naked buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum v. nudum) is blooming with pink clusters on rocks in sun.
– Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus), a deciduous understory shrub is blooming with white flowers that will become edible raspberry-looking fruit.
– Tomcat clover (Trifolium willdenovii) is blooming in the meadow on the Ridgewood Rock.

For the full post, see the HVLT site: https://www.hvlt.org/may-5-2025/

Blooming Now - April 8, 2025NEW– Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), in the Iris family, are blooming blue in meadows...
04/09/2025

Blooming Now - April 8, 2025

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– Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), in the Iris family, are blooming blue in meadows.
– California acaena (Acaena pinnatifida v californica) is blooming with red tipped clusters in meadows on the ridge.
– California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) is blooming in a yellow carpet in meadows.
– California plantain (Plantago erecta), is blooming in meadows with minute translucent flowers.
– Canyon nemophila (Nemophila heterophylla) is blooming small and white near seaps
– Coast manroot (Marah oregana) a climbing vine with white flowers is blooming in forests.
– Crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa) is blooming with red and yellow blooms at forest edge.
– Feathery false lily of the valley (Maianthemum racemosum), larger and much less common than the other maianthemum is blooming with white bushy flowers in forests. Very fragrant.
– Hill lotus (Acmispon parviflorus) with their small peach colored pea flowers are blooming in meadows.
– Meadow rue (Thalictrum fendleri v. polycarpum) is blooming with pink fronds at forest edge.
– Narrowleaf mule ears (Wyethia angustifolia) is blooming with big yellow sunflowers in meadows.
– Owl’s clover (Castilleja densiflora) is blooming purple in meadows.
– Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) is blooming with pink heart-shaped flowers under redwoods.
– Pacific star flower (Lysimachia latifolia) is blooming with pink star flowers in forests.
– Pacific pea (Lathyrus vestitus var vestitus) is blooming pink at forest edge.
– Purple western morning glory (Calystegia purpurata s. purpurata) is blooming white in meadows.
– Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) is blooming white up on the ridge.
– Redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana) is blooming pink under redwoods.
– Shortspur seablush (Plectritis congesta s brachystemon)
– Silver lupine (Lupinus albifrons) is blooming purple on large shrubs in meadows.
– Sky lupine (Lupinus nanus) is blooming blue in meadows.
– Spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata) with a red spike and white spotted flowers is blooming in forests.
– Wild cucumber (Marah fabacea) a climbing vine with white flowers is blooming in forests.

For the full post, see the HVLT site: https://www.hvlt.org/april-8-2025/

Blooming Now - March 18, 2025NEW– Blue dicks (Dichelostemma capitatus) with their bobbing blue heads are blooming in mea...
03/19/2025

Blooming Now - March 18, 2025

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– Blue dicks (Dichelostemma capitatus) with their bobbing blue heads are blooming in meadows.
– Cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) is blooming with large white umbels in meadows.
– Figwort (Scrophularia californica) with folliage that looks like nettle blooms with rust colored flowers in forests.
– Fringe cups (Tellima grandiflora) is blooming with green fringed flowers in forests that turn pink when they’ve been pollinated.
– Giant trillium (Trillium chloropetalum) is blooming in forests with burgundy or white flowers.

For the full post, see the HVLT site: https://www.hvlt.org/march-18-2025/

Blooming Now - March 8, 2025NEW– California buttercup (Ranunculus californicus) is blooming with shiny yellow flowers in...
03/09/2025

Blooming Now - March 8, 2025

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– California buttercup (Ranunculus californicus) is blooming with shiny yellow flowers in meadows.
– Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) is blooming now with cream or purple flowers in forests.
– Oakland star tulip (Calochortus umbellatus) one of Homestead’s rare lilies is blooming with delicate purple flowers in meadows.
– Pacific sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis) with its pretty waxy foliage blooms with mustard colored clusters in forests.
– Pacific pea (Lathyrus vestitus var vestitus) a vine, is blooming with blush flowers in forests.
– Purple sanicle (Sanicula bipinnatifida) with its burgundy ball flowers is blooming now at meadow’s edge.
– Rooreh (Claytonia perfoliata) is blooming with small white flowers over fleshy disks in wet places. Edible.
– Wintercress (Barbarea orthoceras) with bright yellow flowers is blooming on rock outcrops in sun.
– Wood rose (Rosa gymnocarpa) blooms with bright pink flowers on bushes in forests.
– Wood sweet-cicely (Osmorhiza berteroi) a pretty small understory plant is blooming with small white flowers.

For the full post, see HVLT site: https://www.hvlt.org/march-8-2025/

Blooming Now - February 27, 2025NEW– Barberry (Berberis pinnata) a small shrub with spiky holly-like leaves is blooming ...
02/28/2025

Blooming Now - February 27, 2025

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– Barberry (Berberis pinnata) a small shrub with spiky holly-like leaves is blooming with fragrant yellow flowers at meadow’s edge.
– California blackberry (Rubus ursinus) our native blackberry is blooming with white flowers.
– California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) state flower of California is blooming bright orange in meadows.
– Dwarf checkerbloom (Sidalcea malviflora ssp. malviflora) groundhugging with delicate pink blooms is blooming in meadows.
– Fairy bells (Prosartes hookeri), a small woodland branched wildflower is blooming with white bells that hang down below the leaves where only the fairies can see them.
– Ground iris (Iris macrosiphon) is blooming bright purple in meadows.
– Marin checker lily (Fritillaria lanceolata var. tristulis) a rare pure chocolate fritillary is blooming in meadows.
– Sun cup (Taraxia ovata) groundhugging with bright yellow flowers is blooming now in meadows.

For the full post, see the HVLT site: http://hvlt.org/february-27-2025/

Blooming Now - February 25, 2025NEW– Footsteps of spring (Sanicula arctopoides) blooms as its common name suggests, with...
02/25/2025

Blooming Now - February 25, 2025

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– Footsteps of spring (Sanicula arctopoides) blooms as its common name suggests, with chartreuse splashes like steps in ridgetop meadows.
– Shooting star (Dodecatheon hendersonii), small and ground hugging is blooming with distinctive pink flower on spikes in meadows.
– Woolly lomatium (Lomatium dasycarpum) with carroty foliage is blooming with soft white umbels in meadows.

For the full post, see the HVLT site: https://www.hvlt.org/february-25-2025/

Blooming now in Homestead, Mill Valley.
02/15/2025

Blooming now in Homestead, Mill Valley.

Blooming NowNEW– Checker lily (Fritillaria affinis), with its yellow spotted chocolate flowers, is blooming now in meado...
02/15/2025

Blooming Now

NEW
– Checker lily (Fritillaria affinis), with its yellow spotted chocolate flowers, is blooming now in meadows.
– Fremont’s deathcamas (Toxicoscordion fremontii) is blooming in meadows with clusters of white flowers.
– Greene’s saxifrage (Micranthes californica) with its small white flowers is blooming now on the Ridgewood Rock.
– Milkmaids (Cardamine californica) is blooming with small white flowers in forests.
– Oso berry (Oemleria cerasiformis), a shrub, is blooming with fragrant white tassels at meadow’s edge.
– Pacific hounds tongue (Adelinia grandis) one of our showiest meadow flowers, is blooming blue on tall stalks.
– Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) is blooming with fragrant white flowers surrounded by three distinctive bright leaves in forests.
– Spring gold (Lomatium utriculatum), low growing and blooming with bright yellow clusters on the Ridgewood Rock.
– Warrior’s plume (Pedicularis densiflora) is blooming in its annual display down the hillside at 15 on the HVLT map.
– Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is blooming white.

For the full post, see Blooming Now on the HVLT site.

https://www.hvlt.org/february-15-2025/

Blooming now in Homestead, Mill Valley.– Fetid adder’s tongue (Scoliopus bigelovii), as usual the first wildflower of sp...
01/10/2025

Blooming now in Homestead, Mill Valley.

– Fetid adder’s tongue (Scoliopus bigelovii), as usual the first wildflower of spring, is blooming in forest near 5 on the Homestead trail. For now, the leaves have barely erupted and the brownish blooms are hard to spot. In time, the distinctive red mottled leaves will make these easier to find.

https://www.hvlt.org/january-9-2025/

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