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