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Desert
& Arizona Plants |
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![Joshua Trees, Mojave Desert, California](images/tjoshua.jpg) |
![Cactus, Sonoran Desert, Arizona](images/tariz0005.jpg) |
![Weird saguaro](images/tariz0244.jpg) |
Joshua Trees, Mojave Desert, California |
Cactus, Sonoran Desert, Arizona |
Weird saguaro |
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![Classic saguaro](images/tariz0008.jpg) |
![](images/tariz0034.jpg) |
![Desert east of Phoenix](images/tariz0009.jpg) |
Classic saguaro |
Cholla cactus |
Sonoran Desert east of
Phoenix
(Tonto National Forest) |
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![Another desert view](images/tariz0010.jpg) |
![](images/tariz0045.jpg) |
![Veriogonum Inflatum also known as Desert Trumpet](images/tcalif395.jpg) |
Another desert view |
Porcupine cactus |
Veriogonum
Inflatum also known as Desert Trumpet (a type of buckwheat) |
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![Barrel Cactus](images/tariz0058.jpg) |
![Aspens, North Rim of Grand Canyon](images/tariz0123.jpg) |
![Aspens, North Rim of Grand Canyon](images/tariz0125.jpg) |
Barrel Cactus |
Aspens
near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon |
Another aspen view |
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![Juniper in Joshua Tree National Park](images/tcalif806.jpg) |
![Barrel cactus and Mojave Yucca](images/tcalif2048.jpg) |
![Close up of barrel cactus](images/tcalif2051.jpg) |
Juniper in Joshua
Tree National Park |
Barrel cactus and Mojave
Yucca, Mojave National Preserve |
Close up of barrel cactus |
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![Pancake cactus](images/tcalif2105.jpg) |
![Pencil cholla](images/tcalif2057.jpg) |
![Pencil cholla close up](images/tcalif2060.jpg) |
Pancake cactus |
Pencil cholla |
Pencil cholla close up |
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![Barrel cactus, Mojave National Preserve](images/tcalif2074.jpg) |
![Mojave yucca bloom](images/tcalif2214.jpg) |
![Cholla "skeleton"](images/tcalif2355.jpg) |
Barrel
cactus, Mojave National Preserve |
Mojave yucca bloom |
Cholla "skeleton" |
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![Mound cactus](images/tcalif2177.jpg) |
![Close-up of blossom](images/tcalif2180.jpg) |
![Porcupine cactus](images/tcalif2346.jpg) |
Mound cactus |
Close-up of blossom |
Porcupine
cactus |
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![Yucca blossom, up close](images/tariz0375.jpg) |
![Barrel cactus and mesquite tree](images/tariz0382.jpg) |
![Ocatillo](images/tariz0389.jpg) |
Yucca
blossom, up close |
Barrel
cactus and mesquite tree |
Ocatillo |
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![Another mound cactus](images/tcalif2387.jpg) |
![Joshua Trees along CA Highway 138](images/tcalif8420.jpg) |
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Another
mound cactus, Mojave Desert Preserve |
Joshua
Trees along CA Highway 138 |
Joshua
tree north of Barstow CA |
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![](images/tcalif19995.jpg) |
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Getting
ready to bloom |
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Other
States |
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![Concave mushroom](images/tsouthern31.jpg) |
![Dry dock seeds in Missouri](images/tmiss0042.jpg) |
![Woods in Georgia](images/tgeorgia003.jpg) |
Concave mushroom in Missouri |
Dry dock seeds in Missouri |
Woods
in Georgia |
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![Oak leaves in Michigan](images/tmich0002.jpg) |
![Ancient tree near the Mississippi Gulf Coast](images/tmississip004.jpg) |
![Montana cedar trunk](images/tmont0038.jpg) |
Oak
leaves in Michigan |
Ancient
tree near the Mississippi Gulf Coast |
Montana
cedar trunk |
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![Mushroom in Oak Openings, northwest Ohio](images/tohio0065.jpg) |
![Maple tree in rural Duluth](images/tminn064.jpg) |
![Dandelion in Colorado River valley, Rocky Mountain National Park](images/tcolo426.jpg) |
Mushroom
in Oak Openings, northwest Ohio |
Maple
tree in rural Duluth |
Dandelion
in Colorado River valley,
Rocky Mountain National Park |
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![Ohio ash tree](images/tohio129.jpg) |
![Grasses and scrub brush in northwest Colorado](images/tcolo303.jpg) |
![A field of grass](images/tcolo308.jpg) |
Ohio
ash tree |
Grasses
and scrub brush in northwest Colorado |
A
field of grass |
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![Soy beans in Indiana](images/tindiana20.jpg) |
![Aspen trees in Great Basin National Park, Nevada](images/tnevada138.jpg) |
![Pinemat manzanita in the park](images/tnevada144.jpg) |
Soy
beans in Indiana |
Aspen
trees in Great Basin National Park, Nevada |
Pinemat
manzanita in the park |
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![Martha's 2014 tomato crop, partly canned](images/tohio167.jpg) |
![Seed heads in Oklahoma](images/toklahoma014.jpg) |
![Foliage near Double Arch, Arches National Park](images/tutah831.jpg) |
Martha's
2014 tomato crop, partly canned
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Seed
heads in Oklahoma |
Foliage
near Double Arch, Arches National Park |
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![](images/tariz0440.jpg) |
![](images/tariz0465.jpg) |
![](images/tariz0503.jpg) |
There
are miles of
mulleins along
US89 on the Kaibab Plateau |
Scrub oaks provide a bright
contrast against
the green at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon |
Aspen against the dark
evergreens |
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Central
Valley |
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![Fall in the Mayfair District, Fresno CA](images/tcalif034.jpg) |
![Liquidamber tree (AKA Gum tree)](images/tcalif037.jpg) |
![Orange grove by Highway 180, Fresno County CA](images/tcalif1194.jpg) |
Fall in the
Mayfair District, Fresno CA |
Liquidambar
tree (AKA Gum tree) |
Orange grove by Highway 180, Fresno County CA |
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![Peach Leaves](images/tpeachleaves.jpg) |
![Autumn leaves in Clovis](images/tcalif1987.jpg) |
![Seen on a walk around my condo complex](images/tcalif1985.jpg) |
Peach Leaves |
Autumn leaves
in Clovis |
Seen on a walk
around my condo complex |
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![Fallen pine needles make unique patterns on the grass](images/tneedlesonlawn.jpg) |
![Tree in the condo complex](images/tcalif4453.jpg) |
![Century plant in Clovis, CA, 2011](images/tcalif3175.jpg) |
Fallen pine
needles make unique patterns on the grass |
Tree
in the condo complex |
Century
plant in Clovis, CA, 2011 |
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![Close-up of plant](images/tcalif3177.jpg) |
![Base of plant - stem over a foot in diameter](images/tcalif3607.jpg) |
![Century plant with "blossoms" open](images/tcalif5277.jpg) |
Close-up
of plant |
Base
of plant - stem over a foot in diameter |
Century
plant with "blossoms" open |
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![Red fall leaves, November 2012](images/tcalif4505.jpg) |
![Peach leaves carpet the ground](images/tcalif4501.jpg) |
![Fall in the peach orchard](images/tcalif4499.jpg) |
Red
fall leaves, November 2012 |
Peach leaves carpet
the ground |
Fall
in the peach orchard |
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![Fallen leaves and grass create a work of art](images/tcalif4509.jpg) |
![Palms in Clovis CA](images/tcalif5573.jpg) |
![Rambling silk tree](images/tcalif5574.jpg) |
Fallen
leaves and grass create a work of art |
Palms
in Clovis CA |
Rambling
silk tree |
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![Fall leaves in Clovis CA](images/tcalif5634.jpg) |
![Along the Dry Creek Trail in Clovis](images/tcalif5637.jpg) |
![Sun through the leaves](images/tcalif5639.jpg) |
Fall
leaves in Clovis CA |
Along
the Dry Creek Trail in Clovis |
Sun
through the leaves |
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![Bunch grass by Dry Creek](images/tcalif5648.jpg) |
![Sycamore leaf (nearly a foot across)](images/tcalif5794.jpg) |
![Cattails by Big Dry Creek](images/tcalif5651.jpg) |
Bunch
grass by Dry Creek |
Sycamore
leaf (nearly a foot across) |
Cattails
by Dry Creek |
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![Bottlebrush at Dry Creek Park](images/tcalif5642.jpg) |
![This ancient eucalyptus was here long before the houses](images/tcalif6080.jpg) |
![The varied color pallet of a liquidamber tree](images/tcalif7326.jpg) |
Bottlebrush at
Dry Creek Park |
This ancient
eucalyptus was here long before the houses |
The
varied color pallet of a liquidambar tree |
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![This liquidambar is pure red](images/tcalif7333.jpg) |
![Peppers in all colors at the Clovis Farmer's Market](images/tcalif7102.jpg) |
![A tempting late fall selection](images/tcalif7103.jpg) |
This
liquidambar is pure red |
Peppers
in all colors at the Clovis Farmer's Market
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A
tempting late fall selection |
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![More Farmer's Market color 2](images/tcalif7119.jpg) |
![More Farmer's Market color 3](images/tcalif7117.jpg) |
![More Farmer's Market color 1](images/tcalif7123.jpg) |
More
Farmer's Market color |
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![These plants grow by the hundreds in the Dry Creek Canal in Clovis](images/tcanal168.jpg) |
![Floating plants in the Helm Canal](images/tcanal119.jpg) |
![Puncture vine - beautiful plant with horrible seeds](images/tcanal115.jpg) |
These plants grow by
the hundreds in the Dry Creek Canal in Clovis |
Floating plants
in the Helm Canal |
Puncture vine -
beautiful plant with horrible seeds
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![Dock growing by dry canal](images/tcanal158a.jpg) |
!["Pine forest" along the Clovis Old Town Trail](images/tcalif9255.jpg) |
![The cones litter the ground](images/tcalif9256.jpg) |
Dock growing by
dry canal |
"Pine
forest" along the Clovis Old Town Trail
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The cones litter
the ground |
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![Bright orange seed pods decorate this tree](images/tcalif9246.jpg) |
![We liked to call them bean trees, but they are really catalpa](images/tcalif9293.jpg) |
![This year there's a bumper crop](images/tcalif9294.jpg) |
Bright
orange seed pods decorate this tree |
We liked to call them bean trees, but they are really catalpa |
This year there's
a bumper crop of seeds
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![Leaves range from ten to twelve inches in length](images/tcalif9295.jpg) |
![Dried seed pods from last year](images/tcalif9393.jpg) |
![Late summer grass by the canal](images/tcanal203.jpg) |
Leaves
range from ten to twelve inches in length |
Dried
seed pods from last year |
Late
summer grass by the canal |
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![A late summer cool spell brought forth mushrooms all over town 1](images/tcalif9420.jpg) |
![A late summer cool spell brought forth mushrooms all over town 2](images/tcalif9421.jpg) |
![Gourds growing along the Dry Creek Trail](images/tcalif9440.jpg) |
A
late summer cool spell brought forth mushrooms all over town |
Gourds
growing along the Dry Creek Trail |
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![The lower leaves of this mullein are 16 inches long](images/tcalif9444.jpg) |
![Mullein blossoms confused about what season it is](images/tcalif9446.jpg) |
![A whole bunch of dead mulleins](images/tcalif9447.jpg) |
The
lower leaves of this mullein are 16 inches long |
Mullein
blossoms confused about what season it is |
A
whole bunch of dead mulleins |
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![Multi-head mullein stalk](images/tcalif9448.jpg) |
![Moon flowers on the creek bank](images/tcalif9441.jpg) |
![Big eucalyptus that took out part of fence, but not the house](images/tcalif9050.jpg) |
Multi-head
mullein stalk |
Moon
flowers on the creek bank |
Big
eucalyptus that took out part of fence, but not the house |
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![Dried weed along Lewis Eaton Trail near San Joaquin River](images/tcalif9540.jpg) |
![Pine needles on the canal bak](images/tcanal253.jpg) |
![Was this plant as striking in life as it is in death?](images/tcalif9868.jpg) |
Dried
weed along Lewis Eaton Trail near San Joaquin River |
Pine
needles on the canal bak |
Was
this plant as striking in life as it is in death? |
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![Dry grass along the Dry Creek Canal in Clovis](images/tcalif9783.jpg) |
![Billowy grass along the Old Town Trail in Clovis](images/tcalif10557.jpg) |
![New leaves on a sycamore tree](images/tcalif10580.jpg) |
Dry
grass along the Dry Creek Canal in Clovis |
Billowy
grass along the Old Town Trail in Clovis |
New leaves on a sycamore tree |
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![More new spring growth](images/tcalif10795.jpg) |
![Most folks call it a weed, but it has its own beauty](images/tcalif11441.jpg) |
![Silk tree changing color for fall](images/tcalif13506.jpg) |
More new spring growth |
Most
folks call it a weed, but it has its own beauty |
Silk
tree changing color for fall |
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![Fig orchard north of Fresno](images/tcalif13509.jpg) |
![A young volunteer silk tree](images/tcalif12726.jpg) |
![A sticker plant along the trail in Clovis](images/tcalif13070.jpg) |
Fig
orchard north of Fresno
(Wes Thiessen photo) |
A young volunteer silk tree |
A
sticker plant along the trail in Clovis |
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![Berry leaves near the San Joaquin River](images/tcalif13230.jpg) |
![Desert willow blossom](images/tcalif13242.jpg) |
![I spotted this scene looking up through the moon roof of my Honda](images/tcalif14623.jpg) |
Berry leaves near the San Joaquin River |
Desert
willow blossom |
I
spotted this scene looking up through the moon roof of my Honda |
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![New leaf buds](images/tcalif14624.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif16801.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif17604.jpg) |
New
leaf buds |
A
nice crop of "beans" on the catalpa tree |
Cattails
in the Dry Creek Canal |
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![](images/tcalif18003.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif18001.jpg) |
![](images/tmushroom.jpg) |
Snowy
Sierra seen through an almond orchard |
Petals
carpet the ground |
A
nice fat mushroom in Clovis |
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![](images/tsunflower.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif19576.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif19787.jpg) |
Sunflowers
are a late summer delight in Clovis |
Fall
color along the Old Town Trail, 2018 |
Black
walnut tree in the San Joaquin River bottom |
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![](images/tcalif20417.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif22854.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif23514.jpg) |
New
sycamore leaves by the Dry Creek Trail in Clovis |
A
colorful plant in the San
Joaquin River Conservancy |
Fresno
State corn field, July 2022 |
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![](images/tcalif24654.jpg) |
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This
intricate seed head was spotted
in a Fresno shopping center |
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Pacific
Coast |
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![Dunes and bunch grass near Jenner](images/tcalif3270.jpg) |
![Yellow bush lupines](images/tcalif3232.jpg) |
![Close up of lupines](images/tcalif3236.jpg) |
Dunes and bunch grass
near Jenner
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Yellow bush lupines
near Bodega Bay
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Close up of
lupines |
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![Plant from a Star Trek planet?](images/tcalif3243.jpg) |
![Misty weather on Inverness Ridge](images/tcalif3324.jpg) |
![Drippy bush at Pt. Reyes](images/tcalif3333.jpg) |
Plant from a Star
Trek planet? |
Misty weather on
Inverness Ridge |
Drippy bush at
Pt. Reyes |
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![](images/tcalif3417.jpg) |
![A closer view](images/tcalif3419.jpg) |
![Pride of Madeira in front of a classic coast home in Mendocino](images/tcalif3409.jpg) |
Pride
of Madeira (Echium) plant at
Mendocino |
A closer
view |
Pride of Madeira in front of a classic
coast home in Mendocino |
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![Flower near Mendocino](images/tcalif3427.jpg) |
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![Oxalis along Russian Gulch trail, northern California](images/tcalif3479.jpg) |
Grass on
the coastal terrace near Mendocino Village |
Close
up of grass |
Oxalis
along Russian Gulch trail, northern California |
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![New tree roots surround old stump](images/tcalif3472.jpg) |
![Close up of roots](images/tcalif3473.jpg) |
![Ferns in Russian Gulch](images/tcalif3478.jpg) |
New
tree roots surround old stump |
Close
up of roots |
Ferns
in Russian Gulch |
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![Grandfather Tree by Highway 101](images/tcalif3531.jpg) |
![Close up of the base](images/tcalif3533.jpg) |
![Another variety of echium](images/tcalif3587.jpg) |
Grandfather Tree by Highway
101
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Close
up of the base |
Another
variety of echium, related to Pride of Madeira |
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![Giant bay tree at Golden Rule RV Park](images/tcalif3599.jpg) |
![Trunks of the bay tree](images/tcalif3601.jpg) |
![So real they look artificial](images/tcalif4022.jpg) |
Giant
bay tree at Golden Rule RV Park |
Trunks
of the bay tree |
So
real they look artificial (Near Bodega Bay) |
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![This plant feels as good as it looks](images/tcalif4017.jpg) |
![A study in yellow](images/tcalif4020.jpg) |
![The sun provides backlighting for redwood sorrel](images/tcalif4107.jpg) |
This
plant feels as good as it looks |
A
study in pale yellow |
The
sun provides backlighting for redwood sorrel |
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![Century plants in the ran, Santa Cruz, April 2014](images/tcalif6391.jpg) |
![Corel fungus, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park](images/tcalif7682.jpg) |
![A cluster of tan oaks in Cowell Park](images/tcalif7705.jpg) |
Century
plants in the ran, Santa Cruz, April 2014 |
Corel fungus,
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park |
A cluster of tan oaks
in Cowell Park
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![Madrone tree in Cowell Park](images/tcalif7701.jpg) |
![Pampas grass grows wild along Highway 1 in Big Sur](images/tcalif7797.jpg) |
![Manzanita at Napa-Bothe State Park](images/tcalif1772.jpg) |
Madrone tree in
Cowell Park |
Pampas
grass grows wild along Highway 1 in Big Sur |
Manzanita
at Napa-Bothe State Park |
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![A huge manzanita specimen at Henry Coe State Park](images/tcalif13922.jpg) |
![Bay trees reach a huge size in the coastal mountains](images/tcalif13929.jpg) |
![Madrone trunks](images/tcalif13935.jpg) |
A huge manzanita
specimen at Henry Coe State Park |
Bay
trees reach a huge size in the coastal mountains
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Madrone trunks |
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![A yummy looking plant in Henry Coe State Park](images/tcalif13993.jpg) |
![This bunch grass is among the few native grasses in the park](images/tcalif13994.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif16374.jpg) |
A
yummy looking plant in Henry Coe State Park |
This
bunch grass is among the few native grasses in the park |
Trees
along the Lost Coast Trail in the King Range |
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![](images/tcalif16391.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif16404.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif16405.jpg) |
This
stately madrone stands guard along the Lost Coast Trail |
One of the few
living manzanitas along the trail |
Close-up
showing peeling bark |
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![](images/tcalif16386.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif16392.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif16397.jpg) |
Tan oak leaves
by the Lost Coast Trail |
Madrone
leaves |
A young bay tree |
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![](images/tcalif16551.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif16553.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif16509.jpg) |
These
dramatic plants are Pride of Madeira, widely used in yards in
Mendocino |
Another
unique plant, name unknown |
Poison
oak climbs a big fir in Russian Gulch State Park |
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![](images/tcalif19431.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif19433.jpg) |
![](images/tcalif19449.jpg) |
Toyon,
sometimes called holly |
Large
base of manzanita near San Francisco Bay |
Another
twisted manzanita trunk |
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