Stile Ranch Trail Wildflowers, Santa Teresa Park, 4/23/21 by Ronald Horii
On 4/23/21, I went for a hike on the Stile Ranch, Mine, and Fortini Trails in Santa Teresa County Park. I took pictures of the wildflowers. Compare these to when I hiked the trail a month ago: Stile Ranch Trail Wildflowers, Santa Teresa Park, 3/28/21: https://tinyurl.com/sr38sb3h
The poppies are more numerous. They may be at their peak. Several other species are blooming now. However, the grasses are starting to dry up. Other species have yet to bloom.

To see what the Stile Ranch Trail looks like in a wetter year (4/2/19), see: https://www.facebook.com/ronald.horii/media_set?set=a.2272966799393496&type=3 This was the Stile Ranch Trail on 4/3/18: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1764304953593019.1073742353.100000405933924&type=1&l=8d089cf46f This is from 3/14/15, when the wildflowers came out early due to warm weather and record rains: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.901903196499870.1073741894.100000405933924&type=1&l=c5effbaaa3

Here are more of my pictures of Santa Teresa Park: http://www.rhorii.com/#santateresa

To get to the trailhead, take McKean Road south in the Almaden Valley, turn left on Fortini Rd., left on San Vicente Ave., and you'll see the parking lot for the trailhead. Here are park information, directions, and maps: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/SantaTeresa.aspx 
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