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Broadleaf Arrowhead Sagittaria latifoliaObserver
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Edge of rice field in Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo County, CA.
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Cultivated in rice fields at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo County, CA.
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Western Honey Bee Apis melliferaObserver
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Seen on Daucus (wild carrot) in Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo County, CA.
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Greenbottle Flies Genus LuciliaObserver
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Seen on Daucus (wild carrot) in Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo County, CA.
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Hover Flies Family SyrphidaeObserver
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Species? Seen on Helianthus annuus (sunflower) in Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo County, CA.
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Sorhoanus orientalisObserver
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Resembles the photos here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/22521.
Edge of wild rice field in Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo County, CA.
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Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptumObserver
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Abundant between wild rice fields in Yolo Basin Wildlife Area, Yolo County, CA.
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Lake Tahoe Lupine Lupinus argenteus var. meionanthusObserver
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Sagebrush scrub, beside Owens River Road south of FR 25160, Long Valley, Mono County, CA, elev. 6940 ft.
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Stinging Nettle Urtica dioicaObserver
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Edge of road in Aurora Canyon, east of Bridgeport, CA. Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. ~6700 ft.
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Northern Goldenrod Solidago multiradiataObserver
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Subalpine meadow between Hwy 120 and Dana Fork of the Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park, elev. ~9420 ft.
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Little Elephant's Head Pedicularis attollensObserver
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Subalpine meadow between Hwy 120 and Dana Fork of the Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park, elev. ~9420 ft.
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False Puffball Reticularia lycoperdonObserver
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Not sure if this a fungus or a myxomycete, but it resembles a few images I've found of Reticularia lycoperdon. It seemed to be exuding from this stump of a dead lodgepole pine tree (Pinus contorta murrayana), but perhaps was only on the surface. Soft interior and semi-resilient to the touch, but with a thin, skin-like outer surface. Bright white. Near the footbridge over the Tuolumne River, near Parsons Memorial Lodge, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, CA, elev. 8580 ft.
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Dwarf Lupine Lupinus lepidusObserver
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Not sure if this is var. confertus or var. sellulus. In a snowbank site near the Bodie-Masonic Road, approx. 1.4 air miles NE of Potato Peak summit. Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. ~9270 ft.
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Slender Phlox Microsteris gracilisObserver
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Damp soil along the receding shoreline of Chemung Lake, west base of Masonic Mountain, Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. 8100 ft.
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Great Basin Wildrye Leymus cinereusObserver
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= Elymus cinereus. Along Cottonwood Canyon Road, Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. 7900 ft.
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Poison Angelica Angelica linearilobaObserver
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Along the Bodie-Masonic Road, north and east slopes of Bodie Mountain, Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. ~9040 ft.
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Parrothead Indian Paintbrush Castilleja pilosaObserver
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Along the Bodie-Masonic Road, north and east slopes of Bodie Mountain, Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. ~9040 ft.
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Wax Currant Ribes cereumObserver
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Along the Bodie-Masonic Road, north and east slopes of Bodie Mountain, Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. ~9040 ft.
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Anderson's Lupine Lupinus andersoniiObserver
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Or Lupinus albicaulis. Jepson eFlora says Lupinus andersonii is "± indistinct morphologically from Lupinus albicaulis" and L. albicaulis is "doubtfully distinct from Lupinus andersonii". Near Bodie-Masonic Road, north and east slopes of Bodie Mountain, Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. ~9040 ft.
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Biennial Cinquefoil Potentilla biennisObserver
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Some P. biennis in this region have been suggested as P. norvegica. That seems unlikely, based on the distribution of herbarium collections. In this plant, stems near base are densely glandular-hairy (would be sparsely hairy in P. norvegica); seeds are ~0.6–0.7 mm (would be ±1 mm in P. norvegica); leaflets are less elongated than in typical P. norvegica. Edge of road with spring-fed runoff along Cottonwood Canyon Road, Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. 7900 ft.
P. biennis: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=39681
P. norvegica: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=39760
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Dwarf Lupine Lupinus lepidusObserver
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Not sure if this is var. confertus or var. sellulus. Overall, the leaves appear to be mostly basal, but on individual stems, leaves are all low to mid-cauline, the lower leaves with very long petioles. Moist ditch between Cottonwood Canyon Road and meadow, Bodie Hills, Mono County, elev. 7415 ft.
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Genus OcyptamusObserver
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Species? On a lupine (Lupinus lepidus). Dry meadow in sagebrush scrub, Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA.
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Pinzl's Fleabane Erigeron clokeyi var. pinzliaeObserver
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In sagebrush scrub along Bodie-Masonic Road, north side of Bodie Mountain, in the Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. 9050 ft.
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Freckled Milkvetch Astragalus lentiginosusObserver
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Not sure about this. Seems to key to A. lentiginosus. Uncertain of variety -- ineptus, floribundus, or variabilis?
Along Dobie Meadows Road north of SR 167, northeastern Mono Basin, Mono County, CA. elev. 6775 ft.
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Dune Horsebrush Tetradymia tetrameresObserver
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Dry stream channel along Dobie Meadows Road / Deep Wells Road, approx. 600 feet S of Inyo National Forest boundary in Adobe Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. 6720 ft.
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White Horehound Marrubium vulgareObserver
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Disturbed roadside in Aurora Canyon, east of Bridgeport, Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. 8070 ft.
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Curvepod Milkvetch Astragalus curvicarpusObserver
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Sagebrush scrub, edge of Bodie Masonic Road, near aspen grove SE of Paramount Mine Road, Bodie Hills, Mono County, elev. 9060 ft.
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Spearleaf Arnica Arnica longifoliaObserver
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In sagebrush scrub, on the dry banks of Rough Creek, at Bodie-Masonic Road. Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. 9040 ft.
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Spineless Horsebrush Tetradymia canescensObserver
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In sagebrush scrub along the Bodie-Masonic Road, north of the Rough Creek crossing. Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. 9200 ft.
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Two-colored Phacelia Phacelia bicolorObserver
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In sagebrush scrub near the Bodie-Masonic Road, near the ridge NE from Potato Peak. Bodie Hills, Mono County, CA, elev. 9280 ft.
