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J20160817-0049—Erigeron divergens—RPBG by John Rusk Via Flickr: Erigeron divergens—spreading fleabane. Widespread throughout western North America from Canada to Mexico, this highly variable species is found in disturbed areas from 300 meters elevation to 2750 meters. The insect is a bee of the genus Hylaeus. It is quite common to find bees and other insects visiting these plants. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20170615-0040—Persicaria amphibia—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Persicaria amphibia—water smartweed. Grows in lakes, ponds, streams, and nearby mudflats. Widespread throughout the northern hemisphere, introduced elsewhere. A serious weed in irrigation ditches and rice fields. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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H20140710-3007—Lilium parvum—RPBG--DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Lilium parvum—Alpine lily. This lily did not escape the notice of John Muir. To quote from "My First Summer in the Sierra": "Here are many fine meadows, imbedded in the woods, gay with Lilium parvum and its companions; the elevation, about eight thousand feet, seem to be best suited for it—saw specimens that were a foot or two higher than my head." Photo taken at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA

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J20170810-0070—Eriogonum parvifolium—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Eriogonum parvifolium—seacliff buckwheat. Eriogonum parvifolium grows on dunes and sea bluffs from Monterey County south to San Diego County. It has escaped from cultivation in the San Francisco Bay Area and is sometimes found along the seacoast. The plant blooms year-round. It is the host plant for two butterflies listed by the federal government as endangered: the El Segundo dotted-blue (Euphilotes battoides allyni), near Los Angeles, and Smith's dotted-blue (Euphilotes enoptes smithi), near Monterey. The Los Angeles International Airport in engaged in a notable restoration effort aimed at protecting one of the three remaining colonies for the El Segundo dotted-blue. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA

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J20170615-0080—Clarkia dudleyana—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Clarkia dudleyana—Dudley's clarkia. Called maiden godetia in Jepson's Flora of California, This pretty farewell-to-spring grows under 1500 meters on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada from Tuolumne County southward through the Transverse Ranges to Riverside and San Diego Counties.There are also disjunct populations in Placer and Nevada Counties Photographed at Regional Park Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20170803-0006—Eriogonum latifolium—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Eriogonum latifolium—coast buckwheat. The species is found along coastal cliffs and shorelines from southern Oregon to San Luis Obispo County and the northern California Channel Islands. The color of the inflorescence ranges from whitish to pinkish to reddish, sometimes with different color flowers on each inflorescence. Coast buckwheat is the host plants for many species of butterflies and moths. One of these,, Smith's blue butterfly (Euphilotes enoptes smithi), is an endangered species. Smith's blue, was first collected in 1948 near Dolans Creek by two U. C. Berkeley undergraduates, Rudi Mattoni and Claude I. Smith. Smith later drowned in an accident while fishing from a rock at Half Moon Bay. Mattoni went on to write a doctoral dissertation on the new species, which he named in honor of his deceased friend.

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J20170531-0089—Chorizanthe membranacea—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Chorizanthe membranacea—Pink Spineflower. "Pink spineflower is widespread and often locally common in the Coast Ranges of southwestern Oregon and California and on the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada southward to the Transverse Ranges and the Tehachapi Mountains of Ventura and Kern counties, California." —_The Flora of North America_". Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20170831-0072—Dendromecon harfordii—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Dendromecon harfordii—Channel Island tree poppy. Grows only on the Channel Islands. Specimens from the mainland labeled D. harfordii are almost certainly D. rigida. In cultivation since the 19th century, many water agencies nowadays promote the species as a water-saving plant. It is true that it needs little (almost no) summer water but it grows best in areas where the marine layer is a constant friend. Flowers can be found on trees for most of the year with the heaviest displays from April through July. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20170810-0070—Eriogonum parvifolium—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Eriogonum parvifolium—seacliff buckwheat. Eriogonum parvifolium grows on dunes and sea bluffs from Monterey County south to San Diego County. It has escaped from cultivation in the San Francisco Bay Area and is sometimes found along the seacoast. The plant blooms year-round. It is the host plant for two butterflies listed by the federal government as endangered: the El Segundo dotted-blue (Euphilotes battoides allyni), near Los Angeles, and Smith's dotted-blue (Euphilotes enoptes smithi), near Monterey. The Los Angeles International Airport in engaged in a notable restoration effort aimed at protecting one of the three remaining colonies for the El Segundo dotted-blue. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA

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J20180125-0016—Aristolochia californica—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Aristolochia californica—California pipevine. Host to the beautiful pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Batus philenor), whose larvae feeds on leaves. Pipevine swallowtail larvae feed on other Aristolochia species thoughout the New World, as well. Aristolochia californica is pollinated by yucky fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae) attracted to the plant by an unpleasant odor. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA

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J20180111-0039—Ribes speciosum—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Ribes speciosum —garnet gooseberry. Grows in the South Coast, Tranverse, and Penisular ranges from Santa Clara County into Baja California. Garnet gooseberry was one of the first California plants introduced into Europe, it finally received the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit in 1993. Las Pilitas Nursery writes, " We have one we planted in front of our kitchen window that a hummingbird lives in for two months each year. Defending his bush with his life gallantly. The density of the plant makes a perfect bird shelter from the neighbor cat. (The hummingbirds can use the bits of fur stuck on the spines for their nests.) " The fruits are prickly as well, keeping most humans from the temptation to snack. That saves more for the birds. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA

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20171030_121122—Cirsium occidentale—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Cirsium occidentale—cobweb thistle. Widespread throughout California including the Channel Islands. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA

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J20171026-0009—Grindelia stricta var platyphylla—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla—Pacific gum plant. The Flora of North America has lumped this taxon into Grindelia hirsutula. The Jepson E-Flora as well as PLANTS database retain G. stricta var. platyphylla. Found in salt marshes along the coastal strand from Del Norte County south to Ventura County, including the northern Channel Islands. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20171002-0044—Rosa californica—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Hips of Rosa californica—California wild rose. Wild roses are difficult to distinguish by floral characteristics. A better way to determine if the rose is a California wild rose is by the branches. These are gray or brown with (usually) strongly curved, thick-based prickles according to Barbara Ertter, the author of "The Jepson Manual 2nd ed." treatment. The late Bert Wilson of Las Pilitas Nursery used more colorful language to describe Rosa california attributes: "If you are in an area of feral cats or wild dogs this plant should help. Its thorns are hooked. You do not walk through it. It is like thorny Velcro. The cats may be able to walk under it but not get animals that are hiding in it. Low life neighbors hate it, they can no longer siphon gas to get to town, without going in the front way." The hips are rich in Vitamin C. Recipes for teas and jellies are easy to find. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20170914-0019—Wildcat Canyon Path—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: The lower path in Wildcat Canyon near the point where it exits the garden. While this may look wild it is not. The Berkeley Hills, were, until well into the 20th Century, grassland and oak woodland. Nearly every green thing visible in the photo was planted. The garden is artifice in the same sense a Japanese garden is artifice. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA .

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J20170831-0072—Dendromecon harfordii—RPBG—DxO by John Rusk Via Flickr: Dendromecon harfordii—Channel Island tree poppy. Grows only on the Channel Islands. Specimens from the mainland labeled D. harfordii are almost certainly D. rigida. In cultivation since the 19th century, many water agencies nowadays promote the species as a water-saving plant. It is true that it needs little (almost no) summer water but it grows best in areas where the marine layer is a constant friend. Flowers can be found on trees for most of the year with the heaviest displays from April through July. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.