Here’s one more post of photos from northern California. Soon I’ll be in Sonoma County (which is “central” California unless you’re from LA or San Diego and think anything past Santa Barbara is “northern” Cali). And here’s part 1 and part 2.
Western Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var. palmatus)
Pollen Beetles (Meligethes sp.) on Dandelion flower
Tolmie's Pussy Ears (Calochortus tolmiei) is in a genus known as “Mariposa Lilies” which have edible roots and a history of precolonial use and tending
Jerusalem Cricket (Ammopelmatus sp.)
Nineleaf Biscuitroot (Lomatium triternatum)
Miners Lettuce (Claytonia perfiolata)
Hooker's campion (Silene hookeri)
Bordered Plant Bug (Largus sp.)
Hairypink (Petrorhagia dubia)
Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
Rattlesnake Grass (Briza maxima)
Running Crab Spider (Philodromus sp.)
Tomcat Clover (Trifolium willdenovii)
Valley Tassels (Castilleja attenuata)
Wild Mustard (Brassica sp.)
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum)
Blue Dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus), a culturally important plant for its edible roots, observed here beside bridge over Salmon River on Humboldt/Siskiyou County line
Woolly Sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum)
Sicklekeel Lupine (Lupinus albicaulis)
Echo Azure (Celastrina echo)
Foothill Deervetch (Acmispon brachycarpus)
Crab Spider (Misumessus sp.)
California Groundcone (Kopsiopsis strobilacea)
Woodland Madia (Anisocarpus madioides)
Western Starflower (Lysimachia latifolia)
American Vetch (Vicia americana)
European Crane Fly (Tipula paludosa)
Lanceleaf Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
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Groundcone! I’ve never heard of that one
That mariposa lily is crazy compared to what we have in Colorado!