Went to southern California to perform the first stage of an assessment of perennial grasslands within the California State Park System. Lots of flowers.
The valley I camped in at Anza-Borrego State Park:
Cheilanthes sp., a desert fern:
Melica imperfecta:
Dead beetles (Coleoptera) in an alkaline lake:
The Navy flew air support:
So did the turkey vultures:
Lots of flowers:
Salvia carduacea:
Monolopia sp. at Carrizo Plains
Blue oak woodland with a Lasthenia californica (goldfields) and Nemophila sp. understory in San Luis Obispo County:
Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree) in bloom:
Hesperocallis undulata (desert lily):
Yup.
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