| Plants, Trees and Flowers |
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Oaks
Conifers
Desert & Arizona
Other States
Sierra Nevada
Flowers
Foothills
Central Valley
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Changes
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Oaks
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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
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| Conifers |
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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 |
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| 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) |
Porcupine cactus |
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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 |
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| Other
States |
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Concave mushroom in Missouri |
Dry dock seeds in Missouri |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| Foothills |
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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 |
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Wild cucumber |
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| Central
Valley |
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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 |
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