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Emory's Rockdaisy (Perityle emoryi)Observer
tchesterDescription
These seedlings have germinated in a very difficult location to get germination, a southwest-facing rock cliff, so there must have been some good rain here to germinate them.
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Nuttall's Povertyweed (Blitum nuttallianum)Observer
botanywomanDescription
2018-12-28, Unnamed wash W of Military Wash N off Big Wash just E of Buttes Pass Road x Big Wash, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, US
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Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Shelter Valley - counted 12. Bob Theriault and Terry Hunefeld cruised up and down highway S2 and over dirt roads in the little town of Shelter Valley looking for the Harris's Hawks and located them along the highway S2 near Surrey Trail. Both sides of the highway. Sometimes on the poles alongside the highway.
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Elephant Tree (Bursera microphylla)Observer
lagoondonDescription
We were not expecting to find Bursera here. First photo was taken by Steve Rogers.
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Cottontop Cactus (Homalocephala polycephala ssp. polycephala)Observer
tsirtalisDescription
A very young individual.
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Strigose Bird's-foot Trefoil (Ottleya strigosa)Observer
lagoondonDescription
I've seen these fruit before but I can't remember what it is
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American Common Juniper (Juniperus communis var. depressa)Observer
isaac_krone
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Peirson's Pincushion (Chaenactis carphoclinia var. peirsonii)Observer
keirmorse
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Newberry's Velvet-Mallow (Horsfordia newberryi)Observer
lagoondonDescription
I have observed several other Horsfordia along Montezuma Grade but I never saw this one until today.
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Cottontop Cactus (Homalocephala polycephala ssp. polycephala)Observer
swbirder
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Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)Observer
ronvanderhoffDescription
On Senna artemisioides. Hi
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Broad-leaf Desert Cassia (Senna artemisioides ssp. coriacea)Observer
jaykeller
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Bigelow's Crossosoma (Crossosoma bigelovii)Observer
tchesterDescription
One year repeat observation of these plants. Earliest observation:
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California Asterella (Asterella californica)Observer
lagoondonDescription
A beautiful patch of Selaginella and Asterella plus Myriopteris
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Dicots [Paraphyletic] (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
lagoondonDescription
This seedling is new enough that it still has it cotyledons
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Harwood's Milkvetch (Astragalus insularis var. harwoodii)Observer
efmerDescription
red petiolules.
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Yucca Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum plumatella)Observer
lagoondonDescription
Oriflamme Canyon
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Abrams' Liveforever (Dudleya abramsii ssp. abramsii)Observer
tchesterDescription
0.5 miles northwest of Kenworthy Station. Note the very short pedicels.
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Hairy Prairie Clover (Dalea mollis)Observer
botanywomanDescription
Amazing hillside of Dalea mollis.
2019-02-18, Smoke Tree Wash N (N off S22), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
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Banana Yucca (Yucca baccata)Observer
walterfertigDescription
With Yucca brevifolia and Yucca vespertina
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lagoondonDescription
At around this point in the trail we began to see vertically tilted Julian schist which has different stuff growing around it.
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lagoondonDescription
Short, soft, non-glandular hairs. This one appears to be a good adamsii. There is also a color difference in the leaves, with this one being more pale, but it's very subtle
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California Brickellbush (Brickellia californica)Observer
nvhamlettDescription
I happened upon this shrub in a patch of intact sage scrub back in September while doing butterfly survey at the Bernard Field Station. At the time, I thought it was Brickellia nevinii, which had once been on our plant list but was removed because we could not confirm its presence.
I have been waiting for it to bloom and now it has. But looking at the flowers, I no longer think this is B. nevinii because the phyllaries don't have recurved tips (Jepson Brickellia key).
We had Brickellia californica elsewhere on site, and this shrub looks quite different. The foliage is much grayer, and the leaves are smaller. Also, the known B. californica bloomed in July, not November. Could this possibly be B. desertorum?
Adjacent vegetation consisted mostly Artemisia californica, but also included Eriodictyon trichocalyx, Cylindropuntia californica, Opuntia littoralis, and a couple of very large Rhus integrifolia. (You can also see a woodrat nest in the background.)
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Hartweg's Climbing Milkweed (Funastrum heterophyllum)Observer
lagoondonDescription
Oriflamme Canyon
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San Jacinto Mountains Keckiella (Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis)Observer
lagoondonDescription
The best photo I have ever gotten of a rothrockii flower
