[pct-l] Northern California Trip Reports

[Stephen Clark]

The pink flower in your Castle Crags to Burney Falls blog that you didn't
know the name of is called Pussy Paws, "Calyptridium umbellatum."
Its name comes from the fact that if you touch the bloom it feels like the
soft pad on the bottom of a cat's paw.
At night the stems lower so that the blooms lay flat on the ground to
collect all the available warmth from the soil. During the day, as the
ground heats up, the stems raise up lifting the blooms in the air to avoid
over heating.
Thanks for sharing your journey.


On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Ed Jarrett <edjarrett at msn.com> wrote:

> I have spent the past couple of weeks hiking from Seiad Valley down to Old
> Station, heading on down toward Donner Pass.  The links below are my
> impressions of the trail and some pictures.
> Seiad Valley to Etna Summit -
> http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-marble-mountains-seiad-valley-to.htmlEtnaSummit to Castle Crags -
> http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/2013/07/pct-2013-from-etna-summit-to-castle.htmlCastleCrags to Burney Falls -
> http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/2013/07/pct-2013-from-castle-crags-to-burney.htmlBurneyFalls to Old Station (The Hat Creek Rim) -
> http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/2013/07/pct-2013-hat-creek-rim.html
> Ed Jarrett Blog: http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/  Twitter:
> https://twitter.com/EdJarrett53 Facebook:
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