Species of Leona Canyon
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This little grouping of paperwhites pokes up through the ground every year. Kind of an odd grouping amongst the coyote brush, french broom, and oaks. Never the less the fragrant non-native is a welcome sight each year.
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This mass of mushrooms were growing on top of a buried stump. I don't know what kind of tree it was and I'm not entirely sure about the ID of this mushroom either.
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Found under a rock within the coastal oak woodland of Leona Canyon.
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Found this marshmallow under a rock. The habitat was a grassy spot covered with pine needles from some monterey pines. There was no associated rotting wood nearby nor any evidence of buried stumps.
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Growing up from under a monterey pine log lying on the ground.
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Some final twenty-eleven observations. Happy New Year Everyone!
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Growing out the cracks in the concrete on the stairs behind the B building.
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This would be awesome if this is a Western Wallflower. One, because it's the first one I've seen in Leona Canyon. Second, that it is bustin' through the concrete.
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Non-native to California.
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It's been a great month for Leona Heights Park wildflowers.
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Growing on either bay or oak, it was hard to tell cause the wood was so rotten. Although I am leaning more towards it being oak. Didn't have much of a smell and the flesh seemed stiff.
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Found in the backyard of the Self Reliant House.
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To create awareness about the Leona Canyon, the surrounding Caballo Hills and the Arroyo Viejo & Lion Creek watersheds that sprout from them. Two parks, Leona Heights an Oakland city park and Leona Regional Open Space belonging to East Bay Regional Parks occupy a good portion of that land. Situated between these two parks is Merritt College. Creating a working resource to measure the di... ...more ↓
greenrosettas
created this project on April 16, 2012
