Showing posts with label redwood sorrel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label redwood sorrel. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

redwood sorrel
Oxalis oregana
Oxalidaceae

As the name suggests, I often see massive carpets of shamrock-shaped redwood sorrel under redwoods. The pic above shows leaf litter from coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) which is a beech, not a true oak. Most of the redwood sorrel flowers I've seen in the area are white like shown here, not deep pink like is commonly pictured online.