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