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Plants, Trees and Flowers Miscellaneous |
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| New photos added here July 16 and here September 1, 2024 (captions in red) | ||
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| Desert & Arizona Plants | ||
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| Joshua Trees, Mojave Desert, California | Cactus, Sonoran Desert, Arizona | Weird saguaro |
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| Classic saguaro | Cholla cactus | Sonoran Desert east of
Phoenix (Tonto National Forest) |
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| Another desert view | Porcupine cactus | Veriogonum Inflatum also known as Desert Trumpet (a type of buckwheat) |
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| Barrel Cactus | Aspens near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon | Another aspen view |
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| Juniper in Joshua Tree National Park | Barrel cactus and Mojave Yucca, Mojave National Preserve | Close up of barrel cactus |
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| Pancake cactus | Pencil cholla | Pencil cholla close up |
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| Barrel cactus, Mojave National Preserve | Mojave yucca bloom | Cholla "skeleton" |
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| Mound cactus | Close-up of blossom | Porcupine cactus |
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| Yucca blossom, up close | Barrel cactus and mesquite tree | Ocatillo |
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| Another mound cactus, Mojave Desert Preserve |
Joshua Trees along CA Highway 138 |
Joshua tree north of Barstow CA |
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| Other States | ||
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| Concave mushroom in Missouri | Dry dock seeds in Missouri | Woods in Georgia |
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| Oak leaves in Michigan | Ancient tree near the Mississippi Gulf Coast | Montana cedar trunk |
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| Mushroom in Oak Openings, northwest Ohio | Maple tree in rural Duluth | Dandelion
in Colorado River valley, Rocky Mountain National Park |
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| Ohio ash tree | Grasses and scrub brush in northwest Colorado | A field of grass |
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| Soy beans in Indiana | Aspen trees in Great Basin National Park, Nevada | Pinemat manzanita in the park |
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Martha's 2014 tomato crop, partly canned |
Seed heads in Oklahoma | Foliage near Double Arch, Arches National Park |
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are miles of
mulleins along US89 on the Kaibab Plateau |
Scrub oaks provide a bright
contrast against the green at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon |
Aspen against the dark evergreens |
| Central Valley & Sierra | ||
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| Fall in the Mayfair District, Fresno CA | Liquidambar tree (AKA Gum tree) | Orange grove by Highway 180, Fresno County CA |
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| Peach Leaves | Autumn leaves in Clovis | Seen on a walk around my condo complex |
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| Fallen pine needles make unique patterns on the grass | Tree in the condo complex | Century plant in Clovis, CA, 2011 |
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| Close-up of plant | Base of plant - stem over a foot in diameter | Century plant with "blossoms" open |
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| Red fall leaves, November 2012 |
Peach leaves carpet the ground |
Fall in the peach orchard |
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| Fallen leaves and grass create a work of art | Palms in Clovis CA | Rambling silk tree |
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| Fall leaves in Clovis CA | Along the Dry Creek Trail in Clovis | Sun through the leaves |
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| Bunch grass by Dry Creek | Sycamore leaf (nearly a foot across) | Cattails by Dry Creek |
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| Bottlebrush at Dry Creek Park | This ancient eucalyptus was here long before the houses | The varied color pallet of a liquidambar tree |
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| This liquidambar is pure red |
Peppers in all colors at the Clovis Farmer's Market |
A tempting late fall selection |
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| More Farmer's Market color | ||
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These plants grow by the hundreds in the Dry Creek Canal in Clovis |
Floating plants in the Helm Canal |
Puncture vine - beautiful plant with horrible seeds |
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| Dock growing by dry canal |
"Pine forest" along the Clovis Old Town Trail |
The cones litter the ground |
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| Bright orange seed pods decorate this tree | We liked to call them bean trees, but they are really catalpa |
This year there's a bumper crop of seeds |
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Leaves range from ten to twelve inches in length |
Dried seed pods from last year | Late summer grass by the canal |
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| A late summer cool spell brought forth mushrooms all over town |
Gourds growing along the Dry Creek Trail |
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The lower leaves of this mullein are 16 inches long |
Mullein blossoms confused about what season it is |
A whole bunch of dead mulleins |
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| Multi-head mullein stalk | Moon flowers on the creek bank |
Big eucalyptus that took out part of fence, but not the house |
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| Dried weed along Lewis Eaton Trail near San Joaquin River | Pine needles on the canal bak | Was this plant as striking in life as it is in death? |
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Dry grass along the Dry Creek Canal in Clovis |
Billowy grass along the Old Town Trail in Clovis |
New leaves on a sycamore tree |
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| More new spring growth | Most folks call it a weed, but it has its own beauty | Silk tree changing color for fall |
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| Fig orchard north of Fresno (Wes Thiessen photo) | A young volunteer silk tree | A sticker plant along the trail in Clovis |
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| Berry leaves near the San Joaquin River | Desert willow blossom | I spotted this scene looking up through the moon roof of my Honda |
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| New leaf buds | A nice crop of "beans" on the catalpa tree | Cattails in the Dry Creek Canal |
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| Snowy Sierra seen through an almond orchard | Petals carpet the ground | A nice fat mushroom in Clovis |
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| Sunflowers are a late summer delight in Clovis | Fall color along the Old Town Trail, 2018 | Black walnut tree in the San Joaquin River bottom |
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| New sycamore leaves by the Dry Creek Trail in Clovis | A colorful plant in the San Joaquin River Conservancy | Fresno State corn field, July 2022 |
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intricate seed head was spotted in a Fresno shopping center |
Lupine plant in Sequoia National Park | |
| Pacific Coast | ||
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Dunes and bunch grass near Jenner |
Yellow bush lupines near Bodega Bay |
Close up of lupines |
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| Plant from a Star Trek planet? | Misty weather on Inverness Ridge | Drippy bush at Pt. Reyes |
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| Pride of Madeira (Echium) plant at Mendocino | A closer view | Pride of Madeira in front of a classic coast home in Mendocino |
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| Grass on the coastal terrace near Mendocino Village | Close up of grass | Oxalis along Russian Gulch trail, northern California |
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| New tree roots surround old stump | Close up of roots | Ferns in Russian Gulch |
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Grandfather Tree by Highway 101 |
Close up of the base | Another variety of echium, related to Pride of Madeira |
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| Giant bay tree at Golden Rule RV Park | Trunks of the bay tree | So real they look artificial (Near Bodega Bay) |
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| This plant feels as good as it looks | A study in pale yellow | The sun provides backlighting for redwood sorrel |
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| Century plants in the ran, Santa Cruz, April 2014 | Corel fungus, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park |
A cluster of tan oaks in Cowell Park |
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| Madrone tree in Cowell Park | Pampas grass grows wild along Highway 1 in Big Sur | Manzanita at Napa-Bothe State Park |
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| A huge manzanita specimen at Henry Coe State Park |
Bay trees reach a huge size in the coastal mountains |
Madrone trunks |
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| A yummy looking plant in Henry Coe State Park | This bunch grass is among the few native grasses in the park | Trees along the Lost Coast Trail in the King Range |
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| This stately madrone stands guard along the Lost Coast Trail | One of the few living manzanitas along the trail | Close-up showing peeling bark |
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| Tan oak leaves by the Lost Coast Trail | Madrone leaves | A young bay tree |
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| These dramatic plants are Pride of Madeira, widely used in yards in Mendocino | Another unique plant, name unknown | Poison oak climbs a big fir in Russian Gulch State Park |
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| Toyon, sometimes called holly | Large base of manzanita near San Francisco Bay | Another twisted manzanita trunk |
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| My
great grandson Jack called these "rattlesnake plants" |
These became "grass trees" | |
