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Tolmie's Pussy Ears (Calochortus tolmiei)Observer
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Chimney Rock, Point Reyes
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Spined Turban Gall Wasp (Cynips douglasii)Observer
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Spined turban gall on valley oak, Riverfront Regional Park, Windsor
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Maroonspot Calicoflower (Downingia concolor)Observer
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Alton Lane vernal pool
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White Meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba)Observer
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Alton Lane verbal pool
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California Beeplant (Scrophularia californica)Observer
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Riverfront Park. Photos are of two different plants. Some individuals have very pale flowers.
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California Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia californica)Observer
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Bragg Canyon, Sutter Buttes. Saw many Pipevine growing away from trees. One of these individuals grew as a dense little thicket climbing on a coffeeberry shrub in full sun; others chose crevices at the base of boulders for a bit of shade and moisture. Pipevine swallowtails were everywhere.
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Goldback Fern (Pentagramma triangularis)Observer
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Bragg Canyon, Sutter Buttes
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Heart-leaf Milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia)Observer
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Bragg Canyon, Sutter Buttes. A nice patch, just about to come into bloom.
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California Saxifrage (Micranthes californica)Observer
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Bragg Canyon, Sutter Buttes
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Popcornflowers (Genus Plagiobothrys)Observer
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Bragg Canyon, Sutter Buttes. Not enough detail for species id.
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Fiddlenecks (Genus Amsinckia)Observer
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Bragg Canyon, Sutter Buttes. Not enough detail for species id.
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Tomcat Clover (Trifolium willdenovii)Observer
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Bragg Canyon, Sutter Buttes
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Oracle Oak (Quercus × morehus)Observer
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Bragg Canyon, Sutter Buttes. No black oaks to be seen in the vicinity, and just this one oracle oak.
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California Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor ssp. hirsuta)Observer
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On quince blossoms, though they are enjoying other flowers right now as well.
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)Observer
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Hard to see in this shot, but there he is. Watched him soar over the gravel pit and alight stop a tall redwood.
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Giant White Wakerobin (Trillium albidum)Observer
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Mottling on leaves, flower sessile, filaments green
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Ruffled Freckled Pelt Lichen (Peltigera leucophlebia)Observer
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Lichen with thalli up to 6cm wide, growing in a beautiful oval patch about 5 feet by 8 feet with mosses. Along Patrick Creek Road. Probably P. aphthosa.
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California Fawn Lily (Erythronium californicum)Observer
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Growing by the hundreds along the Stoney Creek trail, north fork Smith River. Just a few beginning to bloom.
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Heart-leaf Milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia)Observer
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Dunn-Wildlake Ranch Preserve