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Butterfly Iris (Dietes grandiflora)Observer
mccreedyDescription
Growing in weeds at the end of the road, appeared naturalized.
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Dicots [Paraphyletic] (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
mccreedyDescription
Densely growing in saturated soil, even submerged in vernal pool
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Black-tailed Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus ssp. melanurus)Observer
mccreedyDescription
Well within the subspecies' distrubution, as noted in the Cornell Birds of the World species account and the San Diego County Bird Atlas:
Psaltriparus minimus melanurus
Scientific name definitions
Systematics History
P. m. melanurus Grinnell and Swarth, 1926 [type locality = San José, Sierra San Perdo Mártir, Baja California].
Distribution
Coastal California from northern San Diego County (possibly from Los Angeles County) south to northwest Mexico (northwest Baja California).
Identification Summary
Like P. m. minimus, but dorsum grayer and remiges and rectrices blackish (not dark brown).
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Anthony’s California Towhee (Melozone crissalis ssp. senicula)Observer
mccreedyDescription
Well within the subspecies' distribution. Nesting.
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Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)Observer
mccreedyDescription
Naturalized.
