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Trillium Plants, Redwood Forest

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Trillium Plants, Redwood Forest
Trillium Plants, Redwood Forest

Trillium Plants, Redwood Forest. Muir Woods National Monument, California. March 21, 2009. © Copyright 2009 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Trillium plants beneath the redwood forest canopy at Muir Woods National Monument.

This is another of the previously overlooked photographs from a few years back, this time from Muir Woods National Monument in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. I visit there frequently, and on this occasion I arrived just after the bloom of the trillium flowers had finished, but when the plants were still growing strong.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photographs: Coastal Redwoods, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Northern California

Oregon Oxalis and Trillium, Muir Woods

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Oregon Oxalis and Trillium, Muir Woods
Oregon Oxalis and Trillium, Muir Woods

Oregon Oxalis and Trillium, Muir Woods. Muir Woods National Monument, California. April 17, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Lush late-winter Oregon Oxalis and Trillium leaves carpet the forest floor in the redwood groves of Muir Woods National Monument, California.

It had been months since I last visited Muir Woods National Monument, so it was good to get back there and shoot again on this mid-April weekend. Although it was late winter, here in Northern California more often than not that means that spring is well on its way. Here in the redwood forest the trillium plants (like the one at the upper left in this photograph) are up and they have already bloomed. The Oregon Oxalis (or Redwood Sorrell) is growing like crazy and among the beds of lush leaves there are now small flowers as well.

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Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM at 200mm
ISO 100, f/14, 1.6 second

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature

Near Cathedral Grove, Muir Woods

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Near Cathedral Grove, Muir Woods

Near Cathedral Grove, Muir Woods. Muir Woods National Monument, California. March 8, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Redwood forest and ground cover of ferns and Oregon oxalis near Cathedral Grove, Muir Woods National Monument.

This photograph was made a bit later in the morning as I was returning to the entrance to Muir Woods, and the sun was a bit higher in the sky and, from time to time, casting light all the way down to the forest floor.

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature

Spring Growth, Bigleaf Maples

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Spring Growth, Bigleaf Maples

Spring Growth, Bigleaf Maples. Muir Woods National Monument, California. March 21, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

New spring leaves sprout on Bigleaf Maple trees beneath the canopy of redwood trees at Muir Woods National Monument, California.

This trio of bigleaf maple trees along the creek beneath the redwood trees at Muir Woods was just starting to develop spring leaves when I visited near the end of March. They are gently illuminated by diffuse light from an overcast sky filtering down through the redwood tree canopy. I’d like to revisit these trees in a few weeks when their leaves achieve the impressively large size that this tree is known for.

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