While at Pepperwood, I was walking by the entrance to the hiking trails up there, when I saw this beautiful California Poppy. there were a few gathered together in a group, and were pretty out in the open where the sun could easily get to. There weren't many rocks around there either.
The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in the western United States throughout California, extending to Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest Baja California.
