#taxonomy:species=bigelovii

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J20170210-0006—Selaginella bigelovii—RPBG by John Rusk Via Flickr: Selaginella bigelovii—bushy spikemoss. This year winter rains have done wonders for the spikemoss. It looks better than it has in years. Selaginella bigelovii is a fern ally and not a moss despite the name, The species is found from Sonoma County south to Baja California. It reaches inland to the San Joaquin Valley and the edges of the southern California deserts. The plant is much more common in southern California than in the San Francisco Bay Area. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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J20170201-0004—Scoliopus bigelovii w carrion fly (Family Calliphoridae)—RPBG by John Rusk Via Flickr: Scoliopus bigelovii—fetid adderstongue with carrion fly (family Calliphoridae.) "A neat woodland lily with two, broad, purple-mottled basal leaves and one to four leafless flowering stems. Both the leaves and flowering stems are 4-8 in. long. Each flowering stem bears a single, small, greenish flower with mottled and veined outer sepals and inner, wiry petals. The flowers have a carrion-like odor."—Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network. The carrion fly was photographed by serendipity. Note how the striations on the sepal mimic those of the fly's wing. Carrion flies are not the principal pollinators for this species, however, fungus gnats serve that purpose. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA..