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)