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News · March 27, 2020

Spring is Happening …

… but our field trips and other group gatherings are not, due to COVID-19. If your local park is open, now is a great time for a solo field trip to see what’s emerging. Here’s a sample of what you might find on Albany Hill (all photos by Margot Cunningham; click on the photos to see the full-size version).

Little hill
A bump on the east bay shoreline
Covered in a eucalyptus haircut
Go under the coif and find treasures
Native plants
Search for them, count them, map them, photograph them
Over a hundred kinds of them
Paradise for pollinators
Retreat for human respite
In a busy urban area
Walk from the bottom
To the top
From creek and meadow
Through oak woodland
To the euc-studded grasslands atop
Surprises hidden away
Sierra plum, California huckleberry, California sagebrush
Straight-thorned rose, chapparal currant, mallow-leaf phacelia
Among many others…

— Margot Cunningham

For more info on the native plants of Albany Hill:
https://tendancienthill.org/plants-animals-albany-hill/plants/

Lupinus latifolius; Jackson St, Albany Hill.
Richmond Annex and El Cerrito from N side Albany Hill, oak woodland trail.
Woodland stars (Lithophragma affine), NE side below big poison oak bush, Albany Hill.
Sun cups; near cross; crest of Albany Hill.

— March 2020

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