#alpineca
I simply cannot capture the massive amount of #EhrendorferiaChrysantha on this hillside. Photos don’t do it justice. AKA #GoldenEardrops, these plants rarely germinate except after wildfires. The #ValleyFire2020 really set these off! There weren’t this many last spring but certain hillsides have these massive stands of them. They’re easy to distinguish from the more highlighter-yellow of invasive mustards. Photo 3 features Encelia farinosa/incienso/brittlebush in the middle but that whole hill behind it is all eardrops.
FKA: #dicentrachyrsantha
#papaveraceae (formerly #fumariaceae) #fumarioideae #firefollowers #wildfirestowildflowers #fireecology #californiafirefollowers #AlpineCA #JamulCA #ClevelandNationalForest #californianativeplants #subbloom #subbloom2022 (at Lawson Peak Trail)
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More pictures from #WrightsFieldAlpine like a month ago: #FritillariaBiflora / #ChocolateLily, featuring a very green colored bloom in photos 1 & 2! Photos 4 & 5 are #AlliumHaematochiton (maybe A. marvinii but those may be the same species). 6 is that weird #SaniculaBipinnatifida / #PurpleSanicle again. 7 & 8 are a species of #Amsinkia / fiddleneck which I am not so good at telling apart.
#californianativeplants #californiawildflowers #wrightsfield #alpineca #savewrightsfield #greenflowers #sanicle (at Wright’s Field)
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#PrimulaClevelandii. I don’t know why these ones were clustered like this but I’m not complaining. These were just about the last ones still blooming today.
#nowblooming #sandiegowildflowers #californianativeplants #californiawildflowers #AlpineCA #shootingstarflower #primulaceae #primula #SaveWrightsField (at Wright’s Field in Alpine)
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#FritillariaBiflora / #ChocolateLily. I’m in love.
But there’s bad news. These grow in Wright’s Field, in which the County of San Diego inexplicably wants to build a sports complex/skate park. It’s absolutely baffling and would be an ecological disaster for this irreplaceable and rapidly disappearing grassland habitat. There are other beautiful uncommon and rare species of plants there and it’s important to birds and wildlife as well. There are vernal pools (a habitat that has almost been completely destroyed in California) nearby too. There’s no demand for such a park in Alpine and no infrastructure to support it!
#SaveWrightsField #WrightsField #SanDiegoCountyParks #AlpineCA
#californianativeplants #sandiegowildflowers #californiawildflowers #fritillaria #fritillaries #lilies #liliaceae (at Alpine, California)
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