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