All photographs by Alan Starbuck
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Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) overlooking Los Angeles
Seed pod – Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpa) )
Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus)
Wild Hyacinth (Dichelostemma capitatum)
Gray Whale (Echrichtius robustus) off Newport Beach
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
Purple Needlegrass (Stipa pulchra)
Fluke of a Gray Whale (Echrichtius robustus) off Newport Beach
Deer weed (Acmispon glaber var. glaber
White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata)
California Barberry (Berberis pinnata) – Flowers and New Leaves
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea)
Moss reclaims a tree stump in the British Columbia rainforest
California Four O’clock (Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
Canyon sunflower (Venegasia carpesioides)
Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpa)
Sugar Bush (Rhus ovata)
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) making an surprise appearance
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Hornworm, caterpillar of White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata)
Purple nightshade (Solanum xantii)
Sara’s Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis sara) on a wild hyacinth (Dichelostemma capitatum)
An old log provides protection for Silver Carpet California aster while adding an natural element to the garden
Wild Hyacinth/Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum)
Parry phaclia (Phacelia parryi)
California Morning Glory (Calystegia macrostegia ssp. intermedia
Dragonfly
Nature Garden at Los Angeles County Natural History Musuem
California Goldenrod (Solidago californica) and flamingo (plasticia fakium)
Early morning spider web
Elk (Cervus canadensis) resting in a meadow in Estes Park, Colorado
Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
Black sage (Salvia mellifera)
Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) resting on a street parkway
Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)
Island Snapdragon (Galvezia speciosa) and California Barberry (Berberis pinnata)
Moss on a twig
Deer weed (Acmispon glaber var. glaber
Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa park
Western Hemlock twig on a moss cover branch
Closed section of Mt. Hollywood Drive in Griffith Park
California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) resting on a buoy
Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
Swarming ground-dwelling bees, perhaps of the miner bee family (Andrena species)
Salmon sculpture ‘swimming’ upstream
Ceanothus flowers, either big pod ceanothus (Ceanothus megacarpus) or greenbark ceanothus (C. spinosus)
Moss in the rainforest
Collarless poppy (Eschscholzia lemmonii)
Madonna Too Iris — a hybrid of the Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana), a California native
Narrow-leafed Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) greeting the Spring
Capilano Suspension Bridge
California Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium califoricum or P. beneolens)
California Sunflower (Encelia californica)
California sunflower (Encelia californica)
Western Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris)
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus)
Tree Canopy Walk at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrichium)
Canyon view in Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa park
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica
A patch of laurel sumac, prickly pear cactus, California sunflowers and deerweed growing on a hillside
Purple nightshade (Solanum xantii)
Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus)
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
Long Leaf Bush Lupine (Lupinus longifolius)
Creek in the rainforest
Dew drops on long leaf bush lupine (Lupinus longifolius)
Boney Mountain overlooking Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa park
Wooly bear, a caterpillar of a tiger moth species
California bluebells (Phacelia minor)
White Mariposa Lily (Catochortus venustus)
Concrete Chaparral 