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Southern California Walnut (Juglans californica)Observer
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On a class trip we came across a few of these trees. I assume it a California Walnut based on google search but feel free to correct me. It could possibly be a shrub because it had many branches and was more spread out than tall. The height of the tree was about 2 yards and the total wide was about 3 yards. This should be a native tree.
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Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)Observer
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Not sure if its identified correctly. Its about two meters tall and two meters wide. Not really sure if its a tree or shrub but it has hanging clusters of small red berries. It also has dark green three inch leaves.
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Cacti (Family Cactaceae)Observer
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Found it while hiking. I really don't know what type of cactus this is but it was just random around other plant. It was only around one foot an a half tall. Towards the bottom the color faded to a chalky white while the top was greenish. had spots of spikes on the outer edges of grooves.
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Heart-leaf Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum cordifolium)Observer
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It was spread across the ground maybe three feet. The highest the plant went was three inches. The leaves are very thick but smooth with a light green tint. The plant had were small dime size magenta colored flowers that were't in bloom yet.
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Common Bird-of-paradise Flower (Strelitzia reginae)Observer
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The plant is around three feet tall. The leaves are very long, wide, green, and have flat texture. The flower has bright pointy yellow petals along with a vibrant blue petal coming out of a redish mouth like sack on top of the stem.
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Sprenger's Asparagus (Asparagus densiflorus)Observer
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Its a fern that grows many tentacle like stems from the center. This one was around one and a half feet wide all together and each stem was about one foot long. A few of the stems were already dry but there were ones that were still bright green. Each tentacle like stem was covered by tiny thin hard stick like leave giving the whole plant a dense feel.
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American Century Plant (Agave americana)Observer
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Went hiking at Eaton Canyon and found this behind some other plants. It might be Aloe Vera but not sure. Also not really sure if it was planted there or not. Had a pale green color. It was about 2 and a half feet wide and maybe 3 feet tall.
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
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Just scavenging around the beach. Had yellowish, orange eyes. Dark greenish on head area, and a gray body with black strips.
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Calyptrate Flies (Zoosubsection Calyptratae)Observer
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I noticed under the leaves of a plant there were many flies grouped together..perhaps resting?...
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California Gull (Larus californicus)Observer
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Found many seagulls at the beach. Yellow beaks with darker tips. some had a light gray feathering on the head while others had a darker feathering.
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)Observer
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The crow was all black and medium sized. I think it was not fully grown assuming its an American Crow.