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Century Plant Subfamily (Subfamily Agavoideae)Observer
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A native shrub with sharp, spiked leaves radiating from a central point, the Yucca was a vital plant to the Native Americans. All parts are edible, including the seeds and flowers, and its fibrous leaves and stalk were used to make cordage, baskets, and other woven objects. After about nine years, the plant sends up a stalk which can grow as fast as a foot per day.
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American Century Plant (Agave americana)Observer
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An introduced shrub with spiky, jagged, bluish-green leaves, it sends up a stalk which grows rapidly and can attain a height of 20 feet.
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Tribe BrassiceaeObserver
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An introduced annual, its seeds look like slivers lying along the stems. Grows to 6 feet
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California Brittlebush (Encelia californica)Observer
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A native perennial found in the Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub communities, it has black-eyed Susan-type flowers and can attain a height of 5 feet.
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California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)Observer
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Birds are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich.
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Dodders (Genus Cuscuta)Observer
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The name "witch's hair" comes from its stringy appearance. Because it does not contain chlorophyll, it is a yellowish- orange in color. The dodder sprouts from a seed in the soil. If it touches a green plant within a few days, it drops its roots and forms haustoria at the contact point
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Chicories, Dandelions, and Allies (Subfamily Cichorioideae)Observer
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Red-seeded dandelion is native to Europe and widely introduced in North America. The leaf blades are more narrowly and deeply lobed than other dandelion (Taraxacum) species. All parts of the plant are edible.
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Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
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Mosses are small flowerless plants that typically grow in dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations.
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California Mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana)Observer
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A native perennial, its leaves are dark green above and whitish below. When the sun is shining it inverts its leaves so the pale undersides face the sun, reflecting most of the rays and keeping the plant from losing valuable moisture
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
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Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with approximately over 6,000 species,ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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A native shrub, its ripe black berries can be eaten, but are of questionable flavor and can cause constipation. Its common name refers to the fact that the seeds resemble coffee beans. Grows to 12 feet.
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California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)Observer
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A native shrub, it has a strong, sagelike aroma but is a member of the sunflower family. Cowboys used to ride through it and brush up against the pine-shaped leaves, coming home with the smell on their clothes and giving rise to the nickname "Cowboy Cologne." Reaches a height of 5 feet.
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Chilicothe (Marah macrocarpa)Observer
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A native perennial vine which somewhat resembles an edible cucumber, its fruit is toxic.
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Field and Button Mushrooms (Genus Agaricus)Observer
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Agaricus is a genus of mushrooms containing both edible and poisonous species, with possibly over 300 members worldwide. The mushrooms in Agaricus are terrestrial saprobes, and have caps that are not brightly colored.
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Planes (Genus Platanus)Observer
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Maple tree is a botanical genus above , commonly known as maple species within the genus , previously a separate Aceraceae . Recent studies have shown that the results of molecular biology , it should go to families without children suffering from . The genus about 110-200 kinds , almost all located in the northern hemisphere ,
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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Mushroom is Basidiomycetes Agaricales sects pleurotaceae one kind of class is fairly common species of edible mushroom gray . The earliest planting record for the World War I German self-help , but now has been widely used for commercial cultivation in the world , in order to provide food .
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Painted Meadow Grasshopper (Chimarocephala pacifica)Observer
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Locusts are certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae which possess both a solitary phase and a swarming phase. In the solitary phase, these grasshoppers are innocuous, their numbers are low and they cause little economic threat to agriculture.
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Coastal Pricklypear (Opuntia littoralis)Observer
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A sprawling, native cactus with flattened, leaf-like, succulent stems. The spines are modified leaves. Arising with the spines are fine, hair-like, barbed bristles, called glochids. Glochids are found on all of the Opuntias
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Pacific Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)Observer
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These lobes can vary greatly in size， often showing up so small that they give the leaf's edge a wavy appearance.The top side of the leaves are typically a glossy green color. They can also be yellowish, reddish, or brownish depending on the health of the plant and the season.
