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Black-bellied Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps nigriventris)Observer
rileymeagher
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Elegant Jewel-studded Sun Moth (Lithariapteryx elegans)Observer
u_phantasticus
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Turner's Threadwort (Cephaloziella turneri)Observer
amanda_hDescription
On soil in dark recess near seasonal stream.
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Tozer's Thread-Moss (Epipterygium tozeri)Observer
amanda_hDescription
On soil embankment above creek. Broad, transparent, delicate leaves in a frosty green, widely spaced on stem. You can kind of see the smaller dorsal leaves on some of the plants in the photo.
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California Newt (Taricha torosa)Observer
kumiko2Description
It looked as if she was protecting the eggs from another newt in the second photo
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American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)Observer
elp99Description
Coyote scat? Anyone know what's in it, seeds maybe?
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Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)Observer
zander38257Description
Observed mating.
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Genus TorymusObserver
dlbowlsDescription
Laying eggs in already formed Andricus kingi gall.
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Long-tailed Weasel (Neogale frenata)Observer
smcameronDescription
Seen crossing the road by yellow gate, then briefly in shrubs nearby.
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Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)Observer
bmacmDescription
San Marcos Foothills Preserve
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Black-bellied Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps nigriventris)Observer
datafoya2314
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Western Yellow Pine (Pinus ponderosa)Observer
quercusboletusDescription
TREX burn 2023 :)
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
johnwaidnerDescription
Typically orange, the yellow E. californica morph is not uncommon.
The bee is the Western Honey Bee and the subject of observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66635075
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Leafy and Simple Thalloid Liverworts (Class Jungermanniopsida)Observer
sheriff_woody_pct
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Noble Coral (Stylaster nobilis)Observer
pbsouthwoodDescription
Noble coral at Star Wall
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
conormcmahonDescription
Supposedly there are about 3,000 in the Ellwood Grove and 15,000 in the Goleta Butterfly Grove this year.
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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)Observer
tiwaneDescription
When you have a cooperative rattler, best to get a few angles...
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Baby Blue Eyes, Phacelias, and Waterleaves (Subfamily Hydrophylloideae)Observer
neichardson72
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
conormcmahonDescription
Pulled this little fella out of a friend's metal watering can where he got stuck.
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Santolina Pincushion (Chaenactis santolinoides)Observer
leafybyeDescription
6000 feet or so, so the start of high Montane type stuff. phyllaries cobwebby....
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Genus PentagrammaObserver
silversea_starsongPlace
Santa Cruz Island Reserve, Channel Islands National Park, Channel Islands, Santa Barbara, UC Natural Reserve System, California, United States (Google, OSM)
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Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis ssp. astyanax)Observer
leptoniaDescription
Locations may be somewhat roughly approximated.
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amanda_hDescription
Sporophytes are 1-2 cm tall, thallus very irregular and hard to measure maybe a few millimeters wide. Tubers seem to be arising along margin and at apex. Spores are brown and have warty bumps on the distal surface. And there are these funky boney like things along with the spores that I'm guessing are pseudoelaters.
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Pocket Mosses (Genus Fissidens)Observer
amanda_hDescription
There are actually two species of Fissidens here growing on sloped crumbly pebbly soil in the partial shade of coast live oaks and poison oak. Like all Fissidens species they have just two rows of leaves and the plants have a very flattened look to them.
The larger plants have the more typical Fissidens leaves with the basal region split into two layers forming a sort of pocket great for holding onto water. This one seems to be F. crispus as the dorsal lamina reaches the stem.
The smaller species is F. curvatus, whose leaves are narrower more tapered and not immediately recognizable as Fissidens but upon closer inspection do have the little pocket. Most of the abundant sporophytes in the photo are coming from these smaller F. curvatus plants and these are very classic Fissidens sporophytes with their bright red lipstick teeth (peristome).
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Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)Observer
thehyphaemovementDescription
Growing in lawn.
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Steindachner's Ebony Tarantula (Aphonopelma steindachneri)Observer
gnaturegnomes
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Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)Observer
kevin_cahuaDescription
Some sort of fruit tree? The fruit has a large seed in center
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Lemonade Berry (Rhus integrifolia)Observer
davidebert45Description
Lemonade berry tree: in the process of budding
