#CA Native Plant

[oddarette]

Help me decide?

I'm having a botanical/art crisis. This may be my last year ever in CA as we are likely getting PCSed(Permanent Change of Station) soon. To honor the state where I spent most of my life, I want to do a series of southern California plant illustrations. I'm torn however. I originally wanted to do native CA plants, but after photographing, cataloguing, and researching many of the plants I had selected during my time hiking around socal, I've found many of them are not actually native. This begs the question. Should I do justice to the reality of what I've seen and enjoyed during my time living here by including non native plants and still calling them CA plants, or do I offer an idealized version of native CA plants even if it's not what the reality is when you are in the wild.

[guy60660]

Pholisma Sonorae | CA Native Plants

[un-pearable]

OKAY IT WENT REALLY WELL my ppt was weak BUT the experiential portion (making baskets) went GREAT to the point of the prof extending the break so people could finish them before the lecture started so i think i won 👍

look at my basket progression bottom right was my janky first attempt yesterday then the round orb was in class and i just finished the flat one watchin a movie :D

[tggardens]

We did it! That's a Five Spot! That's a Five Spot flower in the yard where there were none before. The Baby Blue Eyes in the back yard might have been there before but these are definitely new.

[californiabotanycertification]

Polystichum imbricans, Narrowleaf Sword Fern

Polystichum imbricans, Narrowleaf Sword Fern

perennial fern

KEY

terrestrial plant with no flowers or bulbs sporangia present

Herbs reproducing by spores released directly from sporangia, the sporangia variously located [on abaxial leaf  face, [LYCOPHYTES and FERNS]

Plant terrestrial l; leaf 1-2 pinnate,; sporangia borne on aerial portion of leaf

Leaves all alike or nearly so, the fertile [sporangium-bearing] blades very similar in size and shape to sterile blades sporangia borne on underside of leaf  blade, new leaves generally coiled, unrolling as they develop

Sori borne away from margin on underside of leaf  or leaflet, sporangia clustered in distinct sori; indusia present

Sori ± round

Blade without needle-like hairs

Indusium peltate  or round-reniform, attached ± in center of sorus , generally present and readily observable in late-season specimens ..... DRYOPTERIDACEAE

- Indusium peltate , centrally attached, without a sinus

- Veins generally free, rarely ± joined; leaf 1–3-pinnate, teeth, generally including bristle-like tips, < 4 mm ..... POLYSTICHUM

-Leaf generally 1-pinnate, rarely to partly 2-pinnate; pinnae generally simple, ± entire to serrate, in Polystichum kruckebergii sometimes 1-lobe

Leaf 10–120(200) cm; pinnae simple

Proximal pinnae ovate to lanceolate , ± = to ± 2/3 longest; stipe generally 1/5–1/2 blade

Stipe base scales lanceolate, ± 2–3 mm wide, those above proximal pinnae generally < 1 mm wide, falling early; pinnae ± in 1 plane or not; indusium ± entire to toothed ..... P. imbricans

DESCRIPTION

Rhizome: generally suberect to erect, often stout

Stipe/petiole: generally 1/5--1/2 of blade Stout, firm, generally densely scaly, base scales +- 2--3 mm wide, lanceolate, those above proximal pinnae generally, ×-section with many round vascular strands in an arc.

Blade: narrow-lanceolate to -elliptic, 1-pinnate,, proximal pinnae reduced or not, thin to leathery, scaly, veins generally free, rarely +- jointed; pinna bases often wider acroscopically; teeth, generally including bristle-like tip

Sporangia: sori round; indusium peltate [0 or reniform], sinus 0. indusium +- entire to toothed

SOURCES AND MORE INFORMATION

https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=17681#null

https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=POIM

https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=10784

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58763-Polystichum-imbricans

https://calphotos.berkeley.edu

https://www.instagram.com/p/CeFidZIrKxT/

https://wildflowersearch.org/search

Jepson Herbarium Youtube Polystichum Munitum

[ssaa08]

Eclosing Monarch!

I found the first newly emerged monarch, (at least i spotted) of this year on a Clarkia taking its tentative steps, getting itself dry before taking its first flight ever! They take upto 2-4 hours to dry their wings after coming out of its chrysalis! If you found this post interesting, I would be happy if you pin it or share it on Facebook or on Twitter or Google + circles! All it takes is a…

[seventracks]

Natural Stone Pavers - Contemporary Landscape Photo of a sizable, modern stone garden path in the front yard that receives some sunlight in the spring.

[lenisbalenas]

Pathway Landscape in Los Angeles

Inspiration for a mid-sized mediterranean drought-tolerant and full sun side yard stone garden path in spring.

[cheahup]

Concrete Pavers Front Yard

Inspiration for a mid-sized mid-century modern partial sun front yard concrete paver landscaping.

[reasonsforhope]

"The Yurok will be the first Tribal nation to co-manage land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday [March 19, 2024] by the tribe, Redwood national and state parks, and the non-profit Save the Redwoods League, according to news reports.

The Yurok tribe has seen a wave of successes in recent years, successfully campaigning for the removal of a series of dams on the Klamath River, where salmon once ran up to their territory, and with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding, the Yurok are set to reclaim more of what was theirs.

Save the Redwoods League bought a property containing these remarkable trees in 2013, and began working with the tribe to restore it, planting 50,000 native plants in the process. The location was within lands the Yurok once owned but were taken during the Gold Rush period.

Centuries passed, and by the time it was purchased it had been used as a lumber operation for 50 years, and the nearby Prairie Creek where the Yurok once harvested salmon had been buried.

Currently located on the fringe of Redwoods National and State Parks which receive over 1 million visitors every year and is a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site, the property has been renamed ‘O Rew, a Yurok word for the area.

“Today we acknowledge and celebrate the opportunity to return Indigenous guardianship to ‘O Rew and reimagine how millions of visitors from around the world experience the redwoods,” said Sam Hodder, president and CEO of Save the Redwoods League.

Having restored Prarie Creek and filled it with chinook and coho salmon, red-legged frogs, northwestern salamanders, waterfowl, and other species, the tribe has said they will build a traditional village site to showcase their culture, including redwood-plank huts, a sweat house, and a museum to contain many of the tribal artifacts they’ve recovered from museum collections.

Believing the giant trees sacred, they only use fallen trees to build their lodges.

“As the original stewards of this land, we look forward to working together with the Redwood national and state parks to manage it,” said Rosie Clayburn, the tribe’s cultural resources director.

It will add an additional mile of trails to the park system, and connect them with popular redwood groves as well as new interactive exhibits.

“This is a first-of-its-kind arrangement, where Tribal land is co-stewarded with a national park as its gateway to millions of visitors. This action will deepen the relationship between Tribes and the National Park Service,” said Redwoods National Park Superintendent Steve Mietz, adding that it would “heal the land while healing the relationships among all the people who inhabit this magnificent forest.”"

-via Good News Network, March 25, 2024

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[and-stir-the-stars]

Missing Monons again 😔

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Every time I take a walk along the Discovery Trail in Long Beach (WA, not CA), I get a kick out of this sign. I know fully well what it was originally referring to, and yet I can't help but appreciate the utter smartassery of likely multiple people adding their commentary in the form of literal stickers. Technically, yeah, it's vandalism, but it's pretty low-level vandalism, and if the additional visual interest gets people's attention about the warning, and also makes them smile, that's a bonus.

Also, FWIW, these are the "stickers" the sign is supposed to be warning people about:

This is sandcarpet, Cardionema ramosissimum. It's a native plant that grows along the Pacific shoreline of North America from the northern end of Washington down to Baja California. It's pretty benign when green, but once summer hits and vegetation begins to dry out, the flowers turn into these horribly sharp, pointy little seeds that bury themselves into the hair or skin of any passing animal, human included. Unlike goat's heads (Tribulus terrestris), sandcarpet's spurs won't poke through shoe soles or bike tires, but if you track them indoors (or walk around barefoot outside) they will painfully pierce skin, hence the sign warning people not to tread on this particular plant.

[conspectusargosy]

Dudleya cymosa ssp. pumila is a succulent native and endemic to California, meaning it cannot be found growing naturally anywhere else in the world. This plant is most often found on north-facing canyon walls and roadcuts throughout the transverse ranges (a series of mountains that run east-west through CA instead of the usual north-south.) Dudleya in general have special adaptations which allow them to survive challenging environments, in this case growing in the wet but coldest part of the year and surviving a long, very hot, and very dry summer. Even in this subspecies there are many included forms, with varying traits such as flower color, leaf farina, altitude, etc., which goes in hand with Dudleya being a genus of complicated and still-developing taxonomy with quite a lot of undescribed species. Molecular phylogeny is making this possible by sampling genetic material to determine evolutionary relationships. This process is further complicated by the fact that Dudleya is a highly poached genus and many populations of unique plants are threatened by sprawling human development and introduced herbivores before they even have a chance to be recognized. Dudleya is one of my favorite genera of plants, so expect to see more of them in my posts in the future!

[tggardens]

OMG, Native Plant Guy had more of the Penstemon eatonii when he said he probably wouldn't! Wahoo! 🤩 Mineminemine

[californiabotanycertification]

Azolla filiculoides, Duckweed fern

Azolla filiculoides, Duckweed fern

Azollaceae/Salvinaceae

KEY

Aquatic plant with no flowers or bulbs, sporangia present

Plant body various,  leaves various, plant free-floating, emergent, or submersed

Plant raft-like, free-floating on water surface or stranded along shore or in drying bottom sediments, breaking apart into individuals or small clumps

Plant body differentiated into a short, often branched stem with small, minutely velvety-papillate, scale-like leaves

Leaves 0.5–1.5 mm, alternate [each with a thick green or ± red-tinged floating lobe and a thin, colorless submersed lobe]; upper surface of floating lobe papillate or with short, inconspicuous hairs [Azollaceae]

Stems  forming round to elongate plants to 3 cm, 2 cm wide; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, generally 1.2–2 mm, 1 mm wide; leaf margins of upper (± green or ± red) leaf lobes with broad ± white band of cells >= 4 cells wide; male spore mass barbs lacking partitions

DESCRIPTION

Annual Fern, California Native, usually found in ponds and slow streams. Small free floating fern on mud/water roots. Green to +- red. with white margins ,round to elongate plants to 3 cm, 2 cm wide.

Roots Rhizome: roots hang in water, form dense clump

Stem: fork, pinnate thread like, generally 1--3 cm: immature prostrate, internodes < 5 mm;

Leaf: small overlapping scale like leaves cover stem, leaf has sublte papillae, green-red

Sporangium Case: clear yellowish orb, female with distinct equatorial girdle, wall tubercled and pitted. male spores mass barbs lacking partition

Fun facts: Used as green manure in rice paddies because of nitrogen-fixing algae (cyanobacterium Ananbaena Azollae) in upper leaf lobe. Made fossil fuels and can double it mass in 3 day

SOURCES AND MORE INFORMATION

Jepson eflora Azolla filiculoides

Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Report

Calscape Mosquito Fern

Wildflower Search

Youtube of Azolla filiculoides