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California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Quite a large, brownish bird with curved beak and long tail, calling and calling as if for a mate. Photo by my friend Cindy.
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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
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This scrub brush is all over the river bottom--do you know what it is?
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White Sage (Salvia apiana)Observer
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Don't these spiky-leafed clusters look like the topknots on a Dr. Suess animal--like the Whos of Whoville? What is this plant?
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Eucalyptus (Genus Eucalyptus)Observer
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Is this a birch? If so, why does it still have all its leaves when others had none (see previous observation)?
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Elders (Genus Sambucus)Observer
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The plant in front was just staring to put out new leaves; what is it?
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Genus PholistomaObserver
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Interesting variety of mixed leaf types--spiky, rounded, and oval with jagged edges. All one plant or several? (After a day of rain.)
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Looked like spattered rust-colored paint but definitely a lichen--segmented surface on close look.
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Very bright color red--seen on a day after a good rain.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Odd mushroom with a very flat top, raggedy edged with indents and pits in its surface, about 2-1/2" across; sprang up after a day of rain.
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Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Very common but I don't know it's name.
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Valley Oak (Quercus lobata)Observer
anniereevesDescription
This magnificent oak is actually on the property up the hill from the Meadows Preserve. This photo shows the effects of our long drought --it used to have much, much denser foliage. Very sad--but perhaps with our recent rains, it will recover.
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Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Tall (up to 4+ inches) white mushrooms that sprang after a good rain.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Short (not taller than 1-1/2" or so), irregularly shaped whitish mushrooms with slightly bumpy surface--after a day of rain.
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California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Don't know if these dark rusty=red tufts are naturally that color or are dried out and about to fall off.
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Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Low bush with white fluffy stuff on it.
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Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Are some leaves turning colors due to the cold or does this plant just have varied colors in its leaves?
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Firethorns (Genus Pyracantha)Observer
anniereevesDescription
These berries were growing in someone's yard and hanging over a chain-link fence into the Meadows Preserve. I think they may be called "ithycantha" or ....?
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
anniereevesDescription
Lovely little golden mushrooms that popped up after a day of blessed rain.
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California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)Observer
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Bushy green plant with long thin leaves.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Is this a bush or a tree?
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Mule Fat (Baccharis salicifolia)Observer
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Taken near the highway entrance.
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Lemonade Berry (Rhus integrifolia)Observer
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A wider shot showing more of the plant.
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Schoenoplectus Bulrushes (Genus Schoenoplectus)Observer
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These reeds help filter and remove toxins from the water runoff from the adjacent high school playing field.
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Eucalyptus (Genus Eucalyptus)Observer
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Grove of eucalyptus that is targeted for very gradual replacement by native oaks as current trees die out, become infected, or fall.
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Goldenrods (Genus Solidago)Observer
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In center divider of Highway 150 across from entrance to Meadows Preserve
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
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Late afternoon 4 - 5 p.m. on Meadows Preserve couple of days after rain.
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Mustard Family (Family Brassicaceae)Observer
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Late afternoon 4 - 5 p.m. on Meadows Preserve couple of days after rain.
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Wild and Domestic Radishes (Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. sativus)Observer
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Late afternoon 4 - 5 p.m. on Meadows Preserve couple of days after rain.
