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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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On Himalayan blackberry
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Horse-fly Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa tabaniformis)Observer
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On "Hot Lips" Salvia in residential yard
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Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor)Observer
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Low-growing colorful lupine along a trail at Ragle Ranch Regional Park
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Coast Range Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis ssp. bocourtii)Observer
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Catching some late afternoon rays on a bench at Ragle Ranch Regional Park
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Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)Observer
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In Ragle Ranch Regional Park
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White Oaks (Section Quercus)Observer
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In Ragle Ranch Regional Park, near Atascadero Creek
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Purple Owl's-Clover (Castilleja exserta)Observer
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Bear Valley
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Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa)Observer
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Abundant in Bear Valley
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Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa)Observer
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Covering much of Bear Valley, along with Monolopia
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Smooth Tidytips (Layia chrysanthemoides)Observer
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In grazed pasture adjacent to Bear Valley road
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Blow Wives (Achyrachaena mollis)Observer
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Along road to Bear Valley
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Coastal Larkspur (Delphinium decorum)Observer
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In blue oak woodland, Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
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Water Fern (Azolla filiculoides)Observer
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In Freshwater ponds at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
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Upland Larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum)Observer
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Adjacent to Eagle Creek Loop road, under pine, fir, and cedar forest
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Oregon Grape (Berberis aquifolium)Observer
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Adjacent to Eagle Creek Loop road in pine, fir, cedar forest
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Northern Sanicle (Sanicula graveolens)Observer
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Adjacent to Eagle Creek Loop, in pine, fir and cedar forest
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Fairy Bees (Genus Perdita)Observer
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I was taking photos of a small Dialictus bees on creosote bush, and Michelle Orcutt brought it to my attention that one bee I posted looked like a Perdita rather than a Dialictus
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Scarlet Fritillary (Fritillaria recurva)Observer
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Adjacent to Eagle Creek Loop, in douglas-fir, incense cedar, ponderosa pine forest
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Echo Azure (Celastrina echo)Observer
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A couple hundred echo blues (and one mourning cloak) were puddling in the parking area of the Mill Creek trail near Etna.
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California Saxifrage (Micranthes californica)Observer
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Adjacent to Coffee Creek, in burned over douglas-fir, madrone forest
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Henderson's Shooting Star (Primula hendersonii)Observer
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Adjacent to Coffee Creek, under burned douglas-fir, madrone forest
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Sierra Gooseberry (Ribes roezlii)Observer
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Adjacent to Coffee Creek
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Shelton's Violet (Viola sheltonii)Observer
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In a burned over douglas-fir ponderosa pine, black oak forest
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Texas Toadflax (Nuttallanthus texanus)Observer
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On coastal sand dunes
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Creamcups (Platystemon californicus)Observer
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On coastal sand dunes
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California Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia californica)Observer
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In Lower Bidwell Park
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Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)Observer
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In Lower Bidwell Park, adjacent to Big Chico Creek, in a sea of invasive periwinkle and English ivy
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Goldfields (Genus Lasthenia)Observer
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At Table Mountain Ecological Reserve
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Hartweg's Wild Ginger (Asarum hartwegii)Observer
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In tanoak-Douglas fir forest
