Plants, Trees and Flowers Miscellaneous |
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Desert
& Arizona Plants |
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Joshua Trees, Mojave Desert, California |
Cactus, Sonoran Desert, Arizona |
Weird saguaro |
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Classic saguaro |
Cholla cactus |
Sonoran Desert east of
Phoenix
(Tonto National Forest) |
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Another desert view |
Porcupine cactus |
Veriogonum
Inflatum also known as Desert Trumpet (a type of buckwheat) |
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Barrel Cactus |
Aspens
near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon |
Another aspen view |
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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 |
Pencil cholla |
Pencil cholla close up |
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Barrel
cactus, Mojave National Preserve |
Mojave yucca bloom |
Cholla "skeleton" |
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Mound cactus |
Close-up of blossom |
Porcupine
cactus |
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Yucca
blossom, up close |
Barrel
cactus and mesquite tree |
Ocatillo |
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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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Getting
ready to bloom |
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Other
States |
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Concave mushroom in Missouri |
Dry dock seeds in Missouri |
Woods
in Georgia |
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Oak
leaves in Michigan |
Ancient
tree near the Mississippi Gulf Coast |
Montana
cedar trunk |
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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 |
Grasses
and scrub brush in northwest Colorado |
A
field of grass |
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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
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Seed
heads in Oklahoma |
Foliage
near Double Arch, Arches National Park |
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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 |
Liquidambar
tree (AKA Gum tree) |
Orange grove by Highway 180, Fresno County CA |
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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 |
Tree
in the condo complex |
Century
plant in Clovis, CA, 2011 |
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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 |
Peach leaves carpet
the ground |
Fall
in the peach orchard |
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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 |
Along
the Dry Creek Trail in Clovis |
Sun
through the leaves |
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Bunch
grass by Dry Creek |
Sycamore
leaf (nearly a foot across) |
Cattails
by Dry Creek |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
"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 |
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 |
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 |
Gourds
growing along the Dry Creek Trail |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Billowy
grass along the Old Town Trail in Clovis |
New leaves on a sycamore tree |
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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
(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 |
Desert
willow blossom |
I
spotted this scene looking up through the moon roof of my Honda |
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New
leaf buds |
A
nice crop of "beans" on the catalpa tree |
Cattails
in the Dry Creek Canal |
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Snowy
Sierra seen through an almond orchard |
Petals
carpet the ground |
A
nice fat mushroom in Clovis |
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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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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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Pacific
Coast |
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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? |
Misty weather on
Inverness Ridge |
Drippy bush at
Pt. Reyes |
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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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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 |
Close
up of roots |
Ferns
in Russian Gulch |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Corel fungus,
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park |
A cluster of tan oaks
in Cowell Park
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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 |
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 |
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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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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Tan oak leaves
by the Lost Coast Trail |
Madrone
leaves |
A young bay tree |
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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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Toyon,
sometimes called holly |
Large
base of manzanita near San Francisco Bay |
Another
twisted manzanita trunk |
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