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