| Plants, Trees and Flowers | |||
| New photos added here and here March 5, 2009, here April 6, here April 20, here and here April 24, and here and here July 28, here July 31, and here August 15 (captions in red) | |||
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| Coast range | Lichen on dead oak | Near San Miguel | Near Highway 58 in Kern County |
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| Interior live oak acorns, fall 2000, Mariposa | Valley Oak at Roseville | Valley
Oak in Cathey's Valley |
Oaks along Highway 41, north of Fresno |
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| Valley Oak, Ben Hur Road, Mariposa County | Oaks near Parkfield | Black oak, Triangle Road, Mariposa County | |
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| New growth on black oak tree, Mariposa County, spring 2005 | Oak at Amador County Fairgrounds | Oak by Cholame Creek north of Parkfield, CA | Blue oaks on the Parkfield-Coalinga Road |
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| Oak on the ridge between Mariposa & Stockton Creeks | Grove of young live oak in Sequoia National Forest | Giant Canyon Live Oak on Estel family property, Carlton Road, Mariposa County | |
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| Red Fir | Lodgepole Pine | Cedar on the rocks | Sugar Pine |
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| Gnarly dead juniper | Western White Pine | Jeffrey Pine | Dew on Bull Pine needles |
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| Utah Juniper in Canyonlands National Park | Forest debris, Sierra National Forest | Bristlecone pine cone | Bristlecone pines - the world's oldest living thing |
| Desert & Arizona Plants | |||
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| Joshua Trees, Mojave Desert, California | Cactus, Sonoran Desert, Arizona | Weird saguaro | Classic saguaro |
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| Cholla cactus | Sonoran Desert east of
Phoenix (Tonto National Forest) |
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| Veriogonum Inflatum also known as Desert Trumpet (a type of buckwheat) | Barrel Cactus | Aspens near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon | |
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| Juniper in Joshua Tree National Park | |||
| Other States | |||
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| Concave mushroom in Missouri | Dry dock seeds in Missouri | ||
| Sierra Nevada | |||
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| Lone Lodgepole Pine | Corn lilies | Nature's rock garden | Sierra junipers |
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| Red Leaves | Gnarled roots | Monster Tree | Dead Manzanita on carpet of live plants |
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| Chinquapin | Shooting Star | Sugar Pine Cones | Red leaves near Rock Creek |
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| Dogwood Leaves, Nelder Grove, Sierra National Forest | Lilly Pond, Old Wishon Road | Shooting Star in meadow near Stargazer Rock | Mushroom, Sierra National Forest |
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| Returning to the earth | Azalea in Nelder Grove | Cattail, Sierra Nevada | Dead lodgepoles near Mammoth Lakes CA |
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| Life on a rock | California's green and gold | Unidentified blue flower | Rusty fern |
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| Lichen on granite creates rock art | These succulents are common in high rocky areas | ||
| Flowers | |||
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| Brodeia and Lupines | Redbud | Flower patch on Kennedy Table | Bush lupine |
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| Iris, Mariposa County | Dogwood Blossoms, Yosemite | Cactus blossoms | Lupines, Highway 49, Mariposa County |
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| Brodeia | Mariposa Lily | Owl Clover | Foxgloves, Oregon coast |
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| Unknown Wildflower | Bottlebrush | Portalaca | Rose |
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| Petals from a flowering tree create a snow-like effect | Morning Glory | Flowers at Heisler Park, Laguna Beach CA | |
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| Roses at Heisler Park | Red Sunblaze Rose | Rainbow Sunblaze Rose | |
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| Western Wall Flower | California Poppies | Unidentified blue flower | Lupine |
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| Striking blossom in Missouri | Daisies in Missouri | Wild onion (?) | Colorado |
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| Wild Peach | Seed pods | Buckeye in fall | Yellow & orange lichen; spring grass |
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| Thistle blossom | Thistle ready to re-seed | Jennifer & the mullein from Star Trek (J. Neely photo) | Mullein seed head |
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| Spring grass at Sawmill Flat Camp above Pine Flat Reservoir, Fresno County CA | Soft & fuzzy grass in Mariposa County | Wild cucumber | |
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| Fall in the Mayfair District, Fresno CA | Liquidamber tree (AKA Gum tree) | Orange grove by Highway 180, Fresno County CA | Peach Leaves |
All photos copyright © 2002-2009 by Dick Estel & other credited photographers. Permission granted for personal use only; commercial use prohibited.
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Updated August 15, 2009