wzhao8's Identifications
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Wild and Domestic Radishes (Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. sativus)Observer
the_cat6Description
"cultivated (or wild) radish/ Jointed charlock"
OPERS Field
36°59'36" N, 122°03'04" W
180 m
The patch is located by a pile of boulders, behind a patch of brush in the South-East corner of OPERS Upper East Field, due North of the Lower East Field.
Desc: low-standing flower with dark veins in the corolla. Basal and cauline leaves are present. This plant is hairy to some-what spiny. These grow in massive patches when able.
Habitat: Open grass field
Associated spp.: Raphanus raphanistrum, grasses
Identified with the Jepson eFlora Project cross-referenced with the plant list provided by the UCSC Campus Natural Reserve.
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
brvasqueDescription
Annual herb. Flowers light orange to red-orange, 4 petals, multiple stamens, sepals not present at flowering, leaves glabrous and lobed.
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Rosemary Grevillea (Grevillea rosmarinifolia)Observer
soniahitchcockDescription
Flowers pink
Habit shrub
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Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)Observer
brvasqueDescription
Tall shrub (approx. 5-6 ft.), braches woody and slender. Flowers clusters into a pendent, purple and white with 5 petals, fused at base to form tube. Flowers bisexual with 5 stamen present.
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Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis)Observer
petebrommerDescription
Fallen over tree, appeared to be approximately 20 meters before it had toppled over, currently no leaves only female catkins each with many green stigmas
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Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)Observer
brvasqueDescription
Individuals growing sparsely throughout area. Flower is small and white, with many yellow stamens and receptacle. 6 petals, radial, sepals present. Leaves serrate and clustered in three.
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Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)Observer
angeloincittiDescription
The specimen extends about 2.5 ft off the ground. It has large, basal, wedge shaped leaves in a rosette. The stem is robust and fleshy. A single, large petalous tepal surrounds a thick, fused, cylindrical gynoecium and androecium. Dorsal side of leaves somewhat shiny
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French Broom (Genista monspessulana)Observer
codyaveryDescription
Found in shaded region 100m south of OPERS. Surrounded by California Bay and Redwoods. Preflowers showing. Example of a shaded phenotype.
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Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis)Observer
manihernDescription
Woody shrub about 4 ft tall with small white to yellow flowers both male and female
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Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)Observer
the_cat6Description
"Bermuda buttercup/ Sourgrass"
East Remote Parking Lot
36°57'54" N, 121°58'27" W
89 m
3rd island to the right of the exiting lane of the parking lot. (facing West) Head to the middle row planter and then head to the planter North-East of it.
Desc: knee-high herb with heart-shaped clover leaves. Stem nodes appear to be whorled. Inflorescence generally about 2x the height of leaves.
Habitat: Inside of a concrete island/planter, a highly disturbed area. In this instance, growing inside and around an oak shrub.
Associated spp.: oak shrub, grasses
Identified with the Jepson eFlora Project cross-referenced with the plant list provided by the UCSC Campus Natural Reserve.
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Wild and Domestic Radishes (Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. sativus)Observer
the_cat6Description
"cultivated (or wild) radish/ Jointed charlock"
OPERS Field
36°59'36" N, 122°03'04" W
180 m
The patch is located by a pile of boulders, behind a patch of brush in the South-East corner of OPERS Upper East Field, due North of the Lower East Field.
Desc: low-standing flower with dark veins in the corolla. Basal and cauline leaves are present. This plant is hairy to some-what spiny. These grow in massive patches when able.
Habitat: Open grass field
Associated spp.: Raphanus raphanistrum, grasses
Identified with the Jepson eFlora Project cross-referenced with the plant list provided by the UCSC Campus Natural Reserve.
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Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)Observer
the_cat6Description
"California/wild/wood/woodland strawberry"
McHenry Library
36°59'45" N, 122°03'30" W
205 m
Near the East-most point of McHenry Library, there is a plot of soil that divides a walkway between the building and the path that leads underneath the bridge to Hahn Student Services.
Desc: This is a basal herb that is generally hairy. There exist sepals and petals, parted in 5s, on its flowers. A hypanthium is also present. The leaves are palmately lobed into 3s and the young fruit is wrapped in the white petals.
Habitat: Along a walkway in a planter between asphalt, a highly disturbed area
Associated spp.: grasses, blackberry
Identified with the Jepson eFlora Project cross-referenced with the plant list provided by the UCSC Campus Natural Reserve.
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