Favoritos de asleepias

On California Thistle. Sunset Trail.

Three in about the same area, seem to prefer being on or near the sidewalk.

Tracks

2024.05.12 - Eagle Peak Road

Apple Creek area. This area burned in June 2018. Our survey was to look at what was coming back.

Survey of Webster Trail. Thanks to Tom Chester for the photos.

We saw several of these in one area

Six lilies at this spot, all with a bloom stalk. Total number of buds + flowers + fruit on them:

4, 2, 6, 1, 10, 10

This area burned in 2018 and is now recovering. Good number of annuals this year.

These plants are located on a nearly vertical north-facing granite wall. More Heuchera, these in flower

These plants are located on a nearly vertical north-facing granite wall. This unknown plant was growing next to a clump of Sedum spathulifolium

First record of this species in southern California, found in a survey for Allium marvinii, by Dave Stith and myself.

SDBG-253; Fred Roberts 9602

I'm really curious as to the name of this saprophytic plant. I saw Snow Plant on this same hike, but this species is new to me.

Silene verecunda
29 Jun 2019
CA, SBE Co., San Bernardino Mountains, Green Canyon

https://ebird.org/checklist/S38067511

https://ebird.org/checklist/S69417381

https://ebird.org/checklist/S69417315

A family--skittish at first, they eventually settled down and fed each other and preened

One of my favorite species