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Observer

rbelshee

Date

March 6, 2024 01:55 PM PST

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What

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

Observer

gothhobbit

Date

August 31, 2022 01:47 PM MDT

Description

Observed at Echo Lake Lodge, Chicago Creek Road, Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, CO, USA

Edited to add: the silly story that I posted on the forum, which was inspired by this photo set.

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This is not something that I do all of the time, but every once in a while, a photo – or a series thereof – suggests a snippet of dialog, a movie scene, or something of the sort to me. For instance, this photo set reminded me of all of the various “how to survive a horror movie” lists out there. The script goes as follows:

Bird on right: “Did you hear that?”
Bird on left: “I didn’t hear anything.”
BoR: “Come on, you have to have heard that noise!”
BoL: “I didn’t hear anything, and if you’re smart, neither did you.”
BoR: “I’m going to go check it out.”
BoL: (looking up as her companion flies away) “Fine. If you run into a Loggerhead Shrike with a rusty fishhook, don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

My brain can be a very strange place, somtimes. :laughing:

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Observer

knicolson

Date

September 12, 2023 11:19 AM ACST

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What

White Oaks (Section Quercus)

Observer

carolblaney

Date

July 18, 2022 11:12 AM PDT

Description

Near Johnson's Pasture in Claremont Hills Wilderness Park

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What

Mallows (Genus Malva)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

March 18, 2022 06:34 PM PDT

Description

Herb, no more than about 1/3 meter tall, growing in a weedy spot in a suburban backyard, Claremont, CA. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Exact location shifted slightly for privacy purposes; you don't need an exact address, you creep..

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What

Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

December 27, 2023 04:52 PM PST

Description

Shrub, around 2 meters tall, beside a firebreak along the top of Sunset Ridge, San Gabriel Mountains. Photo # 2 taken through a monocular from a distance of maybe 40 paces. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)

Observer

connectacopia

Date

December 2, 2023 09:55 AM PST

Description

Leaves like sage brush, but much denser and lower than the other typically leggy sages nearby.

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What

Apricot Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

September 20, 2023 02:13 PM PDT

Description

A population of at least 10 plants, some up to about 2/3 meters tall, most shorter, bushy, growing in the mostly bare soil of the Metro light rail right-of-way, just E of N Dalton Avenue, Azusa, CA. Flowers a relatively vibrant salmon orange color, and herbage markedly light green, with stellate hairs. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

I was on the lookout for this species in the general area aince last, after noticing a population of these guys in the middle of the 210 freeway (posted as an observation by a different user here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107382434). I had actively planned for how I would make a collection from that population, but hadn't gotten to it. Today, while riding the Metro A-Line eastbound, I noticed some of these in the rail right-of-way in Arcadia, just E of 2nd Avenue, and then saw several more patches along the way to my eventual stop in Azusa. In Azusa I was able to get up close to the patch there, and got photos for this observation, as well as making a collection to be pressed.

This species appears to be distributed in patches along a long stretch of the Metro A-Line route, ~15 km (~9 miles) long (see map of locations mentioned above, photo # 10 here) . There are some collection records of this genus in the general area, but they are few in number, and decades old. The genus does not seem to occur naturally in the greater Los Angeles Basin, or at least it hadn't until more recently.

I wonder if the species may have escaped from the LA County Arboretum (which does appear to have some Sphaeralcea in their gardens), reaching the right of way of the A-Line in the middle of the 210 freeway at that location, and later spreading along the right of way to the east. Then again, it seems people are growing Sphaeralcea species in their yards around here, as well, so it may even be multiple escapes to the wild going on. However, it seems possible it may have been introduced via the relatively recent construction of the eastern end of the A-Line route, perhaps by equipment that picked up seed by accident if it had been used in areas where the species typically occurs. Not sure, but my interest is piqued.

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What

Eastwood Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. leucophylla)

Observer

nathantay

Date

September 3, 2023 01:59 PM PDT

Description

Swollen fruits with spongey mesocarp

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Observer

keithwg1

Date

March 25, 2023 10:12 AM PDT

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What

Woollypod Milkweed (Asclepias eriocarpa)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

July 22, 2023 11:37 AM PDT

Description

A milkweed, no more than about 2/3 meters tall, with very wooly herbage, growing amidst thatch of dead cool season grasses, along Sycamore Flats Motorway, S slopes of Johnstone Peak, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

July 22, 2023 01:15 PM PDT

Description

Shrub, at least one meter tall, on a S-exposed slope along Sycamore Flats Motorway, S slopes of Johnstone Peak, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Bluecrown Passionflower (Passiflora caerulea)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

May 8, 2023 08:47 AM PDT

Description

Weedy vine with ridiculously ornate flowers as if they were from a psychedelic hallucination, growing in the windrow/greenstrip along Sun Rose Street, Puddingstone Village neighborhood, La Verne, CA. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

Update (21 July 2023): Passed by this plant and found it in fruit. Fruits large, orange, mostly empty space inside, with red seeds. Fruit of very mild flavor, with the seeds more flavorful, and mildly sweet.

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What

Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

July 9, 2023 08:03 PM PDT

Description

An oak seedling coming up as a weed/volunteer in the soil of a potted (Christmas gift) poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), the poinsettia well dead, Glendora, CA. The source of the poinsettia is listed on the side of the pot as "ASP, Vista, CA", and when I Google that it returns results for one "Altman Plants" in Vista, CA (website here: https://altmanplants.com), although the location at Vista, CA, appears to be the corporate headquarters. Other than the headquarters there are lots of individual locations under the name Altman Plants that appear to be actual nursery facilities (see map in photo # 5, and closer inset in photo # 6 of the main cluster of locations around San Diego County.

Of the multiple Altman locations, it would appear the most likely location to be the origin of this potted poinsettia would be the one in Fallbrook, CA (2575 Olive Hill Rd, Fallbrook, CA 92028), which is shown in this Facebook video to be a home to large numbers of poinsettias kept outdoors at least temporarily (https://www.facebook.com/AltmanPlants/videos/681967436850643/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v). Screen shot of the Facebook post also posted as photo # 7 here. Large areas of apparent poinsettias also visible from Google Maps satellite imagery at this Fallbrook location (see photo # 8). It would appear that at some point along the line from initial growing of the poinsettia, to transportation and sale, to eventually being placed on a table, that an acorn made its way into this pot, and came to successfully germinate and grow. The owner of this plant has been watering it even after the poinsettia had died, allowing the oak seedling to grow to about 30 cm tall or so at this point.

I inspected the soil and found an unfurled acorn shell (photos # 2-3), which suggests the seedling indeed originated from a stray acorn landing in the pot. However it is unclear when and where the acorn would have first been dropped into the pot. The leaves look a lot like that of Quercus agrifolia, which is native to the contiguous area between Fallbrook and Glendora, and surrounding areas likely to have been stops on this potted plant's journey before being purchased and gifted to its eventual home, but the leaves are also not exactly what I expect from that species, so it might be showing juvenile morphology, or rather may just be a different (ornamentally planted?) oak species.

I think I will be planting this and seeing what future signs I get of a proper determination. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Exact location shifted slightly for privacy purposes; you don't need an exact address, you creep..

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What

Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

July 7, 2023 08:42 AM PDT

Description

Large individual, around 2 meters tall or so, growing on compacted soil of the large embankment at the parking/staging lot of Marshall Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

June 24, 2023 07:37 AM PDT

Description

Shrub around 1 meter tall, along Gould Mesa Trail (access road), on the slopes above Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Tree Heath (Erica arborea)

Observer

jmaughn

Date

March 5, 2022 10:45 AM PST

Description

Large shrub growing along the community trail between Cabrillo College and the Forest of Nisene Marks. The shrub looked superficially similar to Coyote Brush, but the flowers, not so much.

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What

Maltese Star-Thistle (Centaurea melitensis)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

May 30, 2022 10:12 AM PDT

Description

Prickly herb, about 1 meter tall, growing in cracks of a concrete slab on a long derelict and weedy agricultural plot, Ontario, CA. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Yuccas (Genus Yucca)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

April 28, 2023 09:32 AM PDT

Description

A conspicuously out-of-place, but clearly wild-growing, trunked yucca, growing in the thick chaparral, just S of the water tank off of Mountain Springs Ranch Road, S slopes of Sunset Ridge, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. I would've gotten a few close-up photos, as well, but it would've been a heck of a scrubbing..

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What

Buckley's Yucca (Yucca constricta)

Observer

citlallidiaz

Date

April 28, 2021 03:46 PM PDT

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What

American Bison (Bison bison)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

August 1, 2009 04:00 PM PDT

Description

Small group of Bison at Blackjack Campground, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California. Photo is a photo of print photo (originally taken on a disposable camera). Interesting optical aberrations around the margin are part of the original photo, and are perhaps an instance of island magic. Year is certain, but date and time are approximate; I know I was on the island in late summer, and I got into Blackjack in the late afternoon that day.

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Observer

knicolson

Date

September 25, 2022 02:55 AM ACST

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What

Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

May 19, 2023 06:44 PM PDT

Description

Herby shrub, around 1 meter tall, growing on the Metro Goldline rail right-of-way, on the S side of the ULV Arts and Communications building, La Verne, CA. A mural of a historic photo of La Verne is visible in the background, and should remind of us of the continual nature of change in the San Gabriel Valley. I am only safe to explore the rail line now because the trains are halted during the conversion to Goldline light rail from the historic BNSF rail line that proceeded it, along which these cities were built up, and by which this very species may have first colonized the valley..

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What

Plymouth Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

May 19, 2023 05:58 PM PDT

Description

Large spiny herb, growing on compacted and mostly bare soil near the confluence of Live Oak and Marshall flood washes, E end of Bonelli Park, San Jose Hills range. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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Observer

coniontises

Date

May 7, 2023 04:33 PM PDT

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What

Catalina Mariposa Lily (Calochortus catalinae)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

April 28, 2023 10:30 AM PDT

Description

Lily growing amidst a sea of Avena in the hills at the western end of the S side of Sunset Ridge, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Inner surfaces of tepals white with some purplish color distally, and deep blood red proximally, with overall light pink-purple colored outer surfaces. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Small-flowered Catchfly (Silene gallica)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

April 15, 2023 04:26 PM PDT

Description

Intensely sticky, viscid, glandular, ooey-gooey herb, growing amidst annual grasses, at the side of Miller Lateral Road, Marshall Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Blue Dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

March 31, 2023 08:17 AM PDT

Description

Scattered blue dicks¹ in coastal sage scrub of a S-facing slope along the main route of Colby Trail, S slopes of Glendora Ridge, front range of the San Gabriel Mountains. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

¹Given the recent move of this species from Dichelostemma to Dipterostemon, the current, somewhat unfortunate common name really ought to be changed to "blue² dips".

²Since blue dips are one of many examples of botanical common names of "blue" things that are really more purple, owing to the infrequent use of the word "purple" when English speakers were coming up with common names, maybe it would be better to correct this error if we are revising the common name anyhow. I hereby dub these "purple dips".

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Observer

grmorrison

Date

April 1, 2023 01:09 PM PDT

Description

An immense population of these tiny, wee, annual, introduced, Aussie succulents, growing in sandy soil, covered with larger stones, besides a suburban house, on Independence Drive, Claremont, CA. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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Observer

grmorrison

Date

February 18, 2022 07:49 AM PST

Description

Wee succulents, growing on mostly bare, compacted soil, along the northbound shoulder of San Dimas Canyon Road, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

Growing with what looks to be clear Crassula connata (http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106977120).

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Observer

grmorrison

Date

March 31, 2023 09:57 AM PDT

Description

Small, but dense, population of this wee, annual, introduced, Aussie Crassula, particularly far into relatively undisturbed wildlands, along Colby Trail, which cuts through the chaparral-covered S-facing slopes of Glendora Ridge, San Gabriel Mountains. Plants all over trail margins on a small flat spot along the trail, where a sandy soil layer has accumulated. Individual plants in heavier shade (under the sides of subshrubs about) are noticeably greener, larger, and more multiply branched than individuals in the most exposed portions of this locality/occurrence. I did not see any other occurrences of this species while heading up the trail (most direct route to this location), nor did I see any others while heading back down. I did not continue farther upslope beyond this location, so I do not know whether the species is more abundant, or present at all, higher up along the trail. However, the fire road along the top of Glendora Ridge should be explored for this species soon. Occurrences documented in the upper mount of Azusa Canyon, and this one, suggest some likelihood for more occurrences along the top of the ridge, where soil conditions are right. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

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What

Blewit (Collybia nuda)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

March 24, 2023 08:30 AM PDT

Description

Lovely purplish mushrooms under a Brazilian pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolius) along Stephens Ranch Road, near the SE corner of Camp Joseph Paige prison, Marshall Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Photo # 1 is a composite of two photos, to get full-mushroom focus.

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

keirmorse

Date

March 23, 2023 08:09 AM MST

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Date

March 17, 2023 12:30 PM PDT

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What

American Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

March 17, 2023 06:59 PM PDT

Description

Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. macrophyllum inder the Jepson Manual treatment.

Lots of growth of mistletoe, nice and low on a planted plane(Platanus) tree, on the SE corner of W Fifth Street and N Monte Vista Avenue, San Dimas, CA. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

March 4, 2023 11:48 AM PST

Description

Damn you, you fascist sons of dogs which what's trying to separate me from my beloved laurel sumac. Be damned! I can see, if not closely interact with my laurel, from behind this damn fence. Just as the Norman conquerors besieged the sceptered isle of Britain and beset upon the people therein odd and unwelcome rules and governance, so this fence and property ownership besets upon me a chasm which what separates me from me laurel sumac.

Shrub, around 3 meters tall, on the semi-landscaped, mostly wild and overlooked, slope on the W side of the 57 freeway, beside the Target shopping center, San Dimas, CA.

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

thesafarihiker

Date

March 2, 2023 11:08 AM PST

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What

Hidden Goldspeck Lichen (Candelariella aurella)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

March 3, 2023 07:47 AM PST

Description

Slightly-greenish-golden-orange-colored lichen, on a rough concrete surface, on an island at the park and ride just S of Bonita Avenue, San Dimas, CA. Observed after some rainy weather, although it had been greener in color just two days prior (see photo # 7, taken on 2 Feb 2023). Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

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What

Stonecrop Family (Family Crassulaceae)

Observer

vireosylva

Date

February 26, 2023 12:56 PM PST

Description

???

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What

Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

February 24, 2023 08:35 AM PST

Description

Lichen with white-rimmed apothecia, with bluish to greenish to pinkish apothecia innards, growing on the NW-facing side of the trunk of a large California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera), planted along a road verge on Bonita Avenue, just E of the intersection with San Dimas Avenue, San Dimas, CA. Photos taken with added light from a white-colored LED lamp. Photographed after a few days of decent rainfall.

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

jimandre

Date

March 22, 2019 05:34 PM PDT

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

hgrancho

Date

February 17, 2023 08:00 AM PST

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Observer

grmorrison

Date

February 15, 2023 07:14 PM PST

Description

Locality with many many individuals of this wee annual succulent, growing on sandy, gravelly, low-organic soil, at the SE corner of the intersection of San Dimas Canyon Road and Palomares Avenue, San Dimas, CA. Individual plants with as few as one stem, up to a few, ascending to more or less erect. Photos taken in darkness of night with artificial light from a white-colored LED lamp. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

Note (17 Feb 2023): Photos # 5-6 added.

Note (18 Feb 2023): Photos # 7-9 added, this time with actual daylight.

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What

Bloodstain Lichen (Genus Haematomma)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

February 6, 2023 09:22 AM EST

Description

A very white lichen with very red-centered apothecia, on the W-exposed bark of a planted/ornamental palm tree, near the entrance to EPCOT, Orlando area, Florida. Closeup photos taken with added light from a white-colored LED lamp. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Airplants (Genus Tillandsia)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

February 7, 2023 11:22 AM EST

Description

Gray-green bromeliad epiphytes, with bright magenta inflorescences, on the branches of a tree along the main loop road of Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando area, Florida. Coin used for scale (photos # 2 and 4) is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

I thought I was looking at the same species as these plants on a nearby tree (http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148655965), but I'm not too sure now.. These inflorescences are decumbent, while the others at the linked observation were relatively erect.

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What

Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

February 5, 2023 08:33 AM EST

Description

A patch of what I think to be a lichen, on a stick found in a planter bed at the exit to Haunted Mansion, Disney's Magic Kingdom, Orlando area, Florida. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

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What

Carnivorans (Order Carnivora)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

December 16, 2022 08:49 AM PST

Description

Tracks found in sandy mud along Upper Colby Trail, on the S slopes of Glendora Ridge, front ranges of the San Gabriel Mountains. Tracks running perpendicular to the direction of the trail. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

White Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

January 27, 2023 10:57 AM PST

Description

Robust but low herb, no more than about 1/4 meter tall, and very hairy, growing along Poopout Trail, Dalton Ridge, front range of the San Gabriel Mountains. Candy recipe followed:

  1. Collect a decent amount of fresh horehound (see photo # 2).
  2. Strip leaves off of stems and add to a pot with 2 cups of water.
  3. Bring water to boil for a few minutes and let it steep off heat for a while.
  4. Decant the liquid into 2 cup measuring cup and take note of the approximate recovered volume.
  5. Measure out an equal volume of sugar, or use honey up to about 1/4 of the volume of the liquid from step # 4.
  6. Add sugar, honey, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, and a approximately 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to the liquid and boil until the liquid comes to 300 F (150 C).
  7. Grease a large plate with butter while the candy climbs to temperature.
  8. When the candy mixture comes to its final temperature, remove from heat, and pour the candy onto the buttered plate.
  9. Allow hot candy to cool for a few minutes.
  10. Once cooled enough to handle safely, use a knife or spoon to pull away small pieces of candy, and using hands, roll the candy into balls, canes, or whatever desired shape, and place on a second buttered plate to cool.

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What

Common Stork's-Bill (Erodium cicutarium)

Observer

dlbowls

Date

January 19, 2023 02:17 PM PST

Description

With a Pathogen?

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

January 21, 2023 07:33 PM PST

Description

Wee annual succulents in sandy, low-organic soil of a roadside verge on the NW corner of S Farber Avenue and W Payson Street, Glendora, CA. Photos taken with added light from a white-colored LED lamp. Photos # 1-2 taken in near total darkness after sunset with only artificial light, for a more dramatic image than the first one I took (photo # 3). Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

This, and its twin observation (here: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147089787), is a follow-up observation to these ones from the same locality in the previous year:
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109574845
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106206587
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108460450

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Observer

grmorrison

Date

January 21, 2023 04:12 PM PST

Description

Wee annual succulents in sandy, low-organic soil of a roadside verge on the NW corner of S Farber Avenue and W Payson Street, Glendora, CA. Photos taken with added light from a white-colored LED lamp. Photos # 1-2 taken in near total darkness after sunset with only artificial light, for a more dramatic image than the first one I took (photo # 3). Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

This, and its twin observation (here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147090117), is a follow-up observation to these ones from the same locality in the previous year:
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109574845
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106206587
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108460450

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What

Life (Life)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

December 28, 2022 07:11 PM PST

Description

I haven't the foggiest idea what this is. UV-fluorescent organism, or non-organism, or leavings of an organism...?... found on the W-facing side of a cinder block wall, noticed due to high fluorescence, while I was using a UV flashlight to hunt lichens. Thing is attached to the mortar between bricks. I would remove the thing to dissect and investigate further, but I'm not sure this isn't some kind of extraterrestrial life that will kill me if I handle it too much (99% joking there). What the hell is this thing? Texture rather hard, and crispy, not fleshy. Observed following a decent amount of precipitation on the same day.

Photos # 1-3 taken under UV light in near total darkness otherwise, and photos # 4-5 taken under illumination with a white LED lamp. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

Update (29 Dec 2022): Inspected the putative life-form further, and removed the donut-shaped structure from the large mass, and the larger mass from the wall. The donut-shaped structure was relatively easy to separate, as was the larger mass from the wall. Face, and backside fluorescent under UV, as well as the inside of the larger mass (not pictured under UV here). The donut-shaped structure was hardened, and fragile, and shattered into pieces when I accidentally dropped it on a tile floor.

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What

Stonewall Rim Lichen (Protoparmeliopsis muralis)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

December 16, 2022 09:34 AM PST

Description

Nearly perfectly white lichen, with tan apothecia, growing on a flat, and completely exposed surface of an old, very rough concrete structure, high up on Colby Trail, S slopes of Glendora Ridge, front ranges of the San Gabriel Mountains. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

Other lichens on this same concrete structure:

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144586580
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144585215
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144585135
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144584853
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144584688
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144584217

Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

December 11, 2022 04:20 PM PST

Description

A follow-up observation of a good, clear, putatively single-species patch of a lichen community that I documented on a previous observation (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102954364).

Green lichen, with a perfusion of very small apothecia, on a well shaded N-facing concrete driveway of a suburban house in the Puddingstone Village neighborhood, La Verne, CA. Lighting augmented with a neutral-white-colored LED headlamp, and adjusted for brightness and contrast afterward, without messing with colors substantially. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece). Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart. Exact location shifted slightly for privacy purposes; you don't need an exact address, you creep..

Photos taken in three sets, on two different dates:
Photos # 1-4, on 11 December 2022, when fungi around were fairly lively, following some rains and cool weather.
Photos # 5-8, early morning hours of 26 December 2022, under artificial UV light, after a period of no real rains, a few days of relatively warm weather. Fluorescence is distinctly golden.
Photos # 9-10, midday on 26 December 2022, to show daylight colors to compare with the UV photos in photos # 5-8.

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Fountain Grass (Cenchrus setaceus)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

December 9, 2022 08:16 AM PST

Description

Pennisetum setaceum
Bunchgrass, along Sycamore Flats Motorway, on the S slopes of Johnstone Peak, front ranges of the San Gabriel Mountains. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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Observer

grmorrison

Date

December 3, 2022 03:39 PM PST

Description

Interestingly stereotypically mushroomy mushroom, found in a nice and shady, N side of a house, in section of lawn with lots of unpicked-up dog doodoos (not growing out/on dog doodoo, but might be mycologically relevant), in Glendora, CA. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Primary photo taken with flash photography. Exact location shifted slightly for privacy purposes; you don't need an exact address, you creep..

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Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

samam

Date

November 11, 2022 03:57 PM PST

Description

10x magnification

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What

Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)

Observer

wongatrappin

Date

July 3, 2022 05:40 PM PDT

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Red-gland Spurge (Euphorbia melanadenia)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

November 11, 2022 10:33 AM PST

Description

A lovely, low, but mounded and clearly not prostrate, euphorb, with fuzzy, grayish herbage, growing on compacted soil of Colby Trail, S slopes of Glendora Ridge, San Gabriel Mountains. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia baileyana)

Observer

nvhamlett

Date

March 28, 2021 01:13 PM PDT

Description

Growing down a slope in the Johnson's Pasture area of the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. I couldn't get close enough to take detailed photos of the leaves and flowers, but I am pretty sure this is Acacia baileyana.

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What

Longleaf Wattle (Acacia longifolia)

Observer

nvhamlett

Date

October 14, 2022 02:55 PM PDT

Description

Here is a mystery tree that has puzzled me for quite a while. It's a deciduous tree growing right out of a big clump of Malosma laurina near the entrance to Johnson's Pasture in the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. Because it's in the middle of the Laurel Sumac on a steep slope, it's very hard to access, but I finally made an attempt and took the first two photos from as close as I could get. The third photo (taken in September 2020 shows an overall view). I have never seen it bloom.

The iNat computer vision suggests it's most similar to Acacia melanoxylon or Acacia longifolia, and I think that's certainly possible. There are other Acacia species in Johnson's Pasture.

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What

California Peony (Paeonia californica)

Observer

scottmarnoy

Date

March 24, 2019 07:52 AM PDT

Description

Perennial wild peony that has emerged in the same spot for the past 25 years.

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What

Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

November 5, 2022 04:08 PM PDT

Description

Large shrub, several meters tall, growing on a N-facing slope, just below Glendora Ava Access Road, in the South Hills range, Glendora, CA. Sorry, no close-up; didn't feel like slipping and sliding down a steep slope...

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What

San Gabriel Oak (Quercus durata var. gabrielensis)

Observer

scottmarnoy

Date

October 15, 2022 04:08 PM PDT

Description

The vast majority of the leaves on this oak, growing on Gayle Mountain,were spineless, smooth bordered lanceolate leaves. At the termini of some of the branches, however, lobed leaves with spines typical of Q.berberidifolia were present. Underside of leaf and acorn is also shown.

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What

Clio Tiger Moth (Ectypia clio)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

September 27, 2022 11:20 PM PDT

Description

A wonderfully beautiful moth, chilling all the live-long day, on a wall beside an outdoor lamp, in the Puddingstone Village neighborhood, La Verne, CA. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart. Exact location shifted slightly for privacy purposes; you don't need an exact address, you creep..

Update (28 September 2022): Added photos # 3-6. This guy was still hanging around the next morning. I took some more photos and moved it away. Move along, bud!

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What

Hartweg's Climbing Milkweed (Funastrum heterophyllum)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

September 21, 2022 10:12 AM PDT

Description

Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii under the Jepson Manual treatment.

A slender vine, growing over dead, non-native weeds, on a S-facing slope above Via Verde Drive, towards the eastern end of Bonelli Park, in the San Jose Hills range. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

Many oleander aphids (Aphis nerii, Aphididae) found on these plants (see photo # 7), and separate observation: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136118791.

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What

California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

July 20, 1992 12:00 PM PDT

Description

NOTE: Images not my property, but instead are modified images belonging to another party, being used here for educational purposes.
California buckwheat plants spotted in a scene, filmed on-location, of the Seinfeld episode "The Trip (part 2)", at the 17:20 time mark. Humans (Homo sapiens) in the photos were painted out of the photo, as they are not the focus of the observation.

Location found by comparing image with Google Street View, noting the easy-to-identify house on a hill toward the upper right-hand side of the frame, in photo # 2. The date used here for the date of the observation is approximate. Online sources report the episode as having been filmed on the week of 20-24 July, 1992, so I am placing this at the beginning of that range (https://seinfeldism.com/s04e01-the-trip-part-1.php).

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What

Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

July 20, 1992 12:00 PM PDT

Description

NOTE: Images not my property, but instead are modified images belonging to another party. Being used here for educational purposes.
Laurel sumac spotted at right side of this frame from an on-location shot from Seinfeld episode "The Trip (part 2)", at the 17:20 time mark. Second photo shows a second, rather out-of-focus closer image of the same species. Humans (Homo sapiens) in the photos were painted out of the photo, as they are not the focus of the observation.

Location found by comparing image with Google Street View, noting the easy-to-identify house on a hill toward the upper right-hand side of the frame. The date used here for the date of the observation is approximate. Online sources report the episode as having been filmed on the week of 20-24 July, 1992, so I am placing this at the beginning of that range (https://seinfeldism.com/s04e01-the-trip-part-1.php).

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Big Berry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

January 25, 2022 03:43 PM PST

Description

Large shrub, about 3 meters tall and about 4 meters wide. Growing in chaparral on middle slopes of Marshall Canyon, above Camp Joseph Paige county prison, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Bark smooth and red. Possibly multiple individuals, one very large per the dimensions above, and a few smaller individuals, or one very large individual with multiple large branches, partially buried under soil so as to look like multiple plants. They were quite closely clustered, though, so I favor the latter interpretation. Appears there is no basal burl. Stems and foliage glabrous, but pedicels with glandular hairs. In flower, with some older-season nascent inflorescences still around. Leaves isofacial (same on both surfaces), and markedly glaucous-white. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

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Beaked Twig Gall Wasp (Burnettweldia plumbella)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

June 17, 2022 10:14 AM PDT

Description

Huzzah! What a fine and beautiful gall! Orange with yellow spots, and a beak, attached to the host plant along the stems. Host plant (http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122438028) is a Quercus dutata var. gabrielensis, growing in chaparral in the Marshall Canyon area, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Big Berry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

August 5, 2020 02:56 PM PDT

Description

A truly massive big berry manzanita found in the Figueroa Mountain area. The human pictured for scale is 1.6 meters tall. Estimated height is approximately 8 meters tall. Growing in relatively open chaparral, intermixed with grassland. This individual and another immediately next to it are of this massive stature. It appears that these individuals are the result of some unusual set of circumstances, that allowed the plants to survive multiple fires. Individuals of the same species in the surrounding area are of a non-remarkable stature, so likely germinated after the most recent fire in the area. Unfortunately, I did not grab a closeup photo of leaf morphology, but the leaves were large, roundish, glabrous, and markedly glaucous-white. Plant was clearly an Arctostaphylos glauca, just huge.

This individual named "Hyperbolon".

Update (2 September 2022): Found some preserved material of this guy, and added some new photos (photos # 2-5). Also, adding note that the plant was in fruit, with typical A. glauca fruits, glandular/viscid, large, spherical, lacking any mesocarp, with a woody, marble-like "stone". Nascent inflorescences also typical of A. glauca, if maybe somewhat unusually fuzzy. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart. Photo # 2 photographed on a black background and manually cleaned up to have a solid black background.

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What

Turkey Mullein (Croton setiger)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

July 2, 2022 10:00 AM PDT

Description

Low herb with fuzzy green-white foliage, growing on mostly bare soil on the generally E-facing, lower slopes of the far eastern end of Double Butte, in the area of Winchester, CA. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

San Diego Wirelettuce (Stephanomeria diegensis)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

August 1, 2022 11:37 AM PDT

Description

Large annual herb, with one primary vertical stem, with several branches with inflorescences along. Growing at the edge of San Dimas Avenue, in San Dimas, CA, and in the San Jose Hills range. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

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Eastwood's Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

November 6, 2021 12:23 PM PDT

Description

Short, only about 1 to 1.25 meters tall, and about 1.5 meters wide. Lacking any clear, developed basal burl, but with that burlescent bark at the base of the (visible/aboveground) trunk, and many of the uprooted and dead plants at this site had super clear, globe-shaped, craggily-surfaced basal burls. Leaves isofacial (same on both sides), and quite glaucous-white. Stems with "medium length" glandular hairs. Nascent inflorescence bracts leaf-like. Fruits depressed (wider than tall), with glabrous and red surface, with some sweet mesocarp, and partially separable nutlets. Growing at the edge of a mechanically cleared firebreak on Sunset Ridge, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Note that the last photo in this series was taken of the same plant shown in the other photos, but was just taken later in the day around sunset, since everything looked extra beautiful at that moment. See the old man Baldy (Mount San Antonio) in the background of some shots here. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Chaparral Yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

July 29, 2022 09:00 AM PDT

Description

Chaparral yuccas, up to about 1.25 meters in diameter, growing on a well exposed, N-S-running ridge line on the upper slopes of Marshall Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains foothills.

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California Broomsage (Lepidospartum squamatum)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

July 29, 2022 09:41 AM PDT

Description

Subshrub, no more than about 3/4 meters tall, with tiny reduced, scale-like leaves. Growing on a ridge line, well exposed to the S, on the upper slopes of Marshall Canyon, above Camp Joseph Paige prison, in the San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

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Broad-leaved Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium)

Observer

plantsoflacounty

Date

May 27, 2022 04:42 PM PDT

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Southern Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus)

Observer

nvhamlett

Date

May 22, 2022 02:53 PM PDT

Description

In 2020, @mlshanahan posted this observation of a red monkeyflower that was identified as Diplacus puniceus growing next to the loop trail in the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. @grmorrison, @naomibot, and I speculated as to whether it was actually just a red D. longiflorus but were unable to tell from the photo.

I tried to check on it last year but was too late, and the plants were all finished blooming, so I couldn't tell which one it was.

This year, however, I got out there in time, and found it – a lone monkeyflower plant with red flowers growing amidst a whole bunch of other monkeyflowers with the more typical yellow flowers. I did get close-ups of the leaves.

The relevant Jepson couplet that would separate these species is:

  1. Leaves abaxially puberulent to densely hairy, generally paler than adaxial surface --> D. longiflorus
    3' Leaves abaxially glabrous, not paler than adaxial surface --> D. puniceus

The undersides of the leaves are definitely hairy and paler than the upper sides, so I think it's pretty clear that this is D. longiflorus. I do note that the Jepson description of this species says, "corolla orange to pale yellow-orange to red".

What do you think @grmorrison, @naomibot, @keirmose?

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Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

January 25, 2022 04:14 PM PST

Description

Tiny reddish succulents, growing on compressed, bare soil, of a trail on the middle slopes of Marshall Canyon, above Camp Joseph Paige county prison, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

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Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

efmer

Date

April 25, 2022 09:38 AM PDT

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

wendy_anthony

Date

May 2022

Description

Red listed

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Chaparral Yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei)

Date

April 24, 2022 07:44 AM PDT

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What

Chaparral Yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei)

Observer

velodrome

Date

January 15, 2022 02:07 PM PST

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Mojave Suncup (Camissonia campestris)

Observer

plantsoflacounty

Date

April 14, 2022 03:49 PM MST

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Observer

anita139

Date

March 11, 2020 02:34 PM PDT

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

ouzel

Date

February 24, 2022 05:43 PM PST

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What

Mossy Stonecrop (Crassula tillaea)

Observer

keirmorse

Date

February 20, 2022 02:24 PM PST

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

eridanus

Date

March 5, 2022 01:39 PM PST

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What

Sand Pygmyweed (Crassula connata)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

February 1, 2022 03:37 PM PST

Description

I found them! Went hunting for these lil' teeny tiny succulents, and pulled off in an open, sandy, pebbly, flattish, slightly S-facing expanse just on the N roadside of Puddingstone Drive, San Dimas, CA, in the San Jose Hills range. There they were!Individuals ranging from green to red in color. Relatively abundant at this locality, at least in patches, but watch out and try not to step on these little guys! Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

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Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina)

Observer

eleyvas2

Date

September 6, 2017 01:05 PM PDT

Description

Close up of other Laurel sumac I posted in same location

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Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina)

Observer

eleyvas2

Date

September 6, 2017 01:05 PM PDT

Description

found on a pullout on SB SR17

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What

Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina)

Date

January 10, 2022 12:23 PM UTC

Description

Seems out of place, may have been planted or came from a planted individual

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What

Bearberries and Manzanitas (Genus Arctostaphylos)

Observer

b0tanica

Date

December 24, 2019 01:37 PM UTC

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What

Big Berry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca)

Observer

lesleygoren

Date

April 28, 2019 05:54 PM PDT

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Sugar Gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

November 22, 2021 03:19 PM PST

Description

A quite mature and large individual, growing at the top of Puddingstone Hill, in the San Jose Hills range, on the San Dimas and La Verne borderline. This tree was almost certainly planted, many decades ago, when this hill was a better known vista point, before the trail overgrew and became cut off by housing development. However, the trees planted here are not being maintained at all now, and are seeding new individuals all around the hilltop (e.g. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82433631), so I think it is reasonable to consider it wild. Leaves not glaucous at all, dark like olive leaves above/adaxially, and lighter green below/abaxially. In flower and fruit, with a very thick bed of old fruits on the ground all around it (see photo # 10). Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

November 6, 2021 12:17 PM PDT

Description

Subshrub, about 3/4 meters tall, growing at the edge of a cleared firebreak on Sunset Ridge, San Gabriel Mountains foothills. Stems very glaucous white. Leaves either reduced to tiny scales, or fallen off. The prominent mountain ridge in the background is Iron Mountain. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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Yellow Cobblestone Lichen (Acarospora socialis)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

October 27, 2021 11:37 AM PDT

Description

A spectacularly beautiful occurrence of this species. Yellow-green lichen, growing on (apparently iron-rich, volcanic) rocks, at the boundary of eastern Bonelli Park (S of Brackett Airfield) and Mountain Meadows Golf Course. Observed two days after a heavy rain storm, and the colonies of this species around here are all looking quite happy, plump and green. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

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What

Buffalo Gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

August 13, 2021 08:12 AM PDT

Description

Vine, forming a low prostrate mat. Leaves large, hastate and rough hairy, like sandpaper. Plant quite malodorous, but I can't help but think the specific epithet is a bit overly harsh.. In flower and fruit. Growing just inside the fence of Brackett Airfield, along the bicycle path on Fairplex Drive. Depending on your perspective, in, or quite near, the San Jose Hills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

Update (28 October 2021): Carved the gourd into a jack-o-lantern. The inside of the fruit smells exactly like the inside of a pumpkin. The taste, however, is intensely bitter; bitterness more like an unpleasant pomelo/grapefruit, than like hops.

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Goldenflower Century Plant (Agave chrysantha)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

October 19, 2021 07:03 AM PDT

Description

Agave, about 2/3 meters tall tall, and about as wide in diameter. Oak Flat, western Pinal Range foothills. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter.

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What

Chaparral Yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei)

Observer

jonathan27

Date

August 17, 2021 03:04 PM UTC