All photographs by Alan Starbuck
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California bluebells (Phacelia minor)
A patch of laurel sumac, prickly pear cactus, California sunflowers and deerweed growing on a hillside
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
Dragonfly
Wild Hyacinth/Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum)
California Barberry (Berberis pinnata) – Flowers and New Leaves
Deer weed (Acmispon glaber var. glaber
Sara’s Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis sara) on a wild hyacinth (Dichelostemma capitatum)
A rock protects a planting of blue-eyed grass and June Grass from getting trampled.
Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
Seed pod – Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpa) )
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) overlooking Los Angeles
Narrow-leafed Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) greeting the Spring
Island Snapdragon (Galvezia speciosa) and California Barberry (Berberis pinnata)
Moss in the rainforest
Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Fluke of a Gray Whale (Echrichtius robustus) off Newport Beach
Early morning spider web
California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), June Grass (Koeleria macrantha) and Matilija Poppies (Romneya coulteri) turning green after the first rains
Western Hemlock twig on a moss cover branch
Hornworm, caterpillar of White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata)
Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)
Caterpillar, possible of Armyworm Moth (Mythimna unipuncta)
I have no idea… Any suggestions, let me know!
Giant Western Crane Fly (Holorusia hespera)
Deer weed (Acmispon glaber var. glaber
Salmon sculpture ‘swimming’ upstream
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
Purple Needlegrass (Stipa pulchra)
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrichium)
Dew drops on long leaf bush lupine (Lupinus longifolius)
White Mariposa Lily (Catochortus venustus)
An old log provides protection for Silver Carpet California aster while adding an natural element to the garden
Capilano Suspension Bridge
Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa park
Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpa)
Madonna Too Iris — a hybrid of the Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana), a California native
Collarless poppy (Eschscholzia lemmonii)
Morning glory (Calystegia macrostegia ssp. cyclostegia) climbing up a dead branch
Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea)
Purple nightshade (Solanum xantii)
Sugar Bush (Rhus ovata)
Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus)
Swarming ground-dwelling bees, perhaps of the leaf-cutter family (Megachile species)
Creek in the rainforest
California Four O’clock (Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
California Morning Glory (Calystegia macrostegia ssp. intermedia
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica
Popcorn flower (Cryptantha muricata)
Wooly bear, a caterpillar of a tiger moth species
Canyon view in Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa park
California Sunflower (Encelia californica)
Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
Purple nightshade (Solanum xantii)
Boney Mountain overlooking Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa park
Moss reclaims a tree stump in the British Columbia rainforest
As an old tree stump decays, the roots of the sapling are exposed
California sunflower (Encelia californica)
Cliffwalk at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Moss on a twig
Long Leaf Bush Lupine (Lupinus longifolius)
Parry phaclia (Phacelia parryi)
California Goldenrod (Solidago californica) and flamingo (plasticia fakium)
Tree Canopy Walk at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Ceanothus flowers, either big pod ceanothus (Ceanothus megacarpus) or greenbark ceanothus (C. spinosus)
Gray Whale (Echrichtius robustus) with blowholes visible
California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) resting on a buoy
California Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium califoricum or P. beneolens)
Tree roots clinging to the cliff wall
White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata)
Closed section of Mt. Hollywood Drive in Griffith Park
Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae), a non-native invasive plant
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) making an surprise appearance
Wild Hyacinth (Dichelostemma capitatum)
Boardwalk trail at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Narrow-leafed Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) awakening from dormancy
Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus)
Nature Garden at Los Angeles County Natural History Musuem
Western Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris)
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Gray Whale (Echrichtius robustus) off Newport Beach
Swarming ground-dwelling bees, perhaps of the leaf-cutter family (Megachile species)
Black sage (Salvia mellifera)
Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri)
Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Canyon sunflower (Venegasia carpesioides)
Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) resting on a street parkway
