Spotted and photographed on North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve (north of Oroville), by Carolyn Straub, March 15.
BUTTE COUNTY: Frying pan poppies
April 14, 2014 •
Botany
The study and science of plants.
EAST BAY: California poppies
April 11, 2014 •
Seen and photographed on the North Peak Trail between Prospector’s Gap and Mount Diablo, Mount Diablo State Park, by Harold Poskanzer, April 5.
EAST BAY: Lupin
April 11, 2014 •
Spotted and photographed on the Mount Olympia trail, Mount Diablo State Park, by Harold Poskanzer, April 5.
EAST BAY: Goldfield
April 4, 2014 •
Spotted and photographed on the Canyon View Trail, Sunol Regional Wilderness, by Ayesha Ercelawn, March 30.
EAST BAY: Gilia tricolor
April 4, 2014 •
Spotted and photographed on the Canyon View Trail, Sunol Regional Wilderness, by Ayesha Ercelawn, March 30.
PENINSULA: Checkermallow
April 4, 2014 •
Spotted and photographed on San Bruno Mountain by Elizabeth Creely, March 30.
PENINSULA: Phacelia californica
April 4, 2014 •
Spotted and photographed on San Bruno Mountain by Elizabeth Creely, March 30.
Turning the Corner on Invasive Spartina
April 4, 2014 •
Today, after 13 years of work by the Invasive Spartina Project and its partners to eliminate the invasive hybrid, the team is now into the rebuilding phase of its long-term plan, replanting the area with native cordgrass in hopes that it will reclaim its former territory.
Some Wildflowers Take Advantage of Drought
April 3, 2014 •
Yes, it’s been a dry year. But that’s not entirely a bad thing for annual natives like wildflowers, which are finding a rare opportunity to restore their seed banks.
EAST BAY: Delphinium
March 30, 2014 •
Spotted and photographed on the Canyon View Trail in the Sunol Regional Wilderness by Ameet Zaveri, March 23.