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